PComp Final Project Concept + Play Test
Music Cube
Concept
Inspiration: http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/06/when-poor-usability-services-the-user-experience/
Materials
- Arduino
- Speaker
- Accelerometers
- Acrylics/Wood
- Batteries
- XBees?
- Resistors/Wires
Play Test
From the play test using a cube-shape box, I noticed that there’s no way to adjust the angle of the speaker because each time you turn the box, it would adjust the volume instead. I should build a button, press on which you could adjust the volume. Second problem is that there’s no visual feedback on different actions. I could solve it by attach a stripe of LED around the box to produce some visual effect on the actions.
After Talking to Benedetta
I decided to have the music source inside the box. So I ordered these two parts from Sparkfun: