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PoV

Roi Lev

Transform yourself into a different body. PoV gives you the opportunity to experience the world from a different point of view.

http://www.roilev.com/category/pov/

Description

PoV is a system that allows you to take control over a characterless puppet, making it an extension of your own mind and body and raising questions about our physical existence and the ability to be in two different parts of the world at the same time.
The first prototype allows the users to control a 26″ manikin with their mobile device, moving him in space and watching the same room from its lower point of view which makes the world seem completely different.

In the future this manikin will have a human size and by sending it to different places around the world it will allow us to engage more deeply in conversations, enhancing the current video calls we are limited to by providing us with the ability to move and turn.

The manikin is fabricated by a combination of wood and electrical components, giving it a friendly look to engage people interacting with it and make it feel more natural yet a different and unique experience.

The importance of points of view was long discussed by philosophers and film theorists, PoV aims to provide us with our own point of view in long distance conversations.

Classes

Intro to Fabrication, Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007, Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.005

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Liquid Light

Jeffrey Park, Yeseul Song

An interactive toy in which light imitates water!

http://www.jeff-park.com/2016/12/05/winter-show-proposal-liquid-light/

Description

Yeseul and I were both interested in creating a light sculpture for our midterm, and we decided to use a gyro sensor to use light to imitate water. This toy is a concept for a larger version that we would like to build sometime and place in Washington Square Park. This toy will change color depending on different behaviors, such as picking it up or tossing it in the air.

Continuing on my theme from my final project, we want to explore different ways in which a viewer can control “nature.” In my pcomp final project, Endless Winter, we use ultrasound sensors to control wind and snow. For this midterm, we use light and gravity to imitate controlling water.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.003

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Secret Drawer

Hayeon Kim

‘Reading a personal story by pulling out the drawer’.

http://www.hayeonkimdesigns.com/2016/12/05/pcomp-final-proposal/

Description

‘Secret drawer’ is an interactive storytelling installation. To discover a personal story, belongings and events such physical interaction in the room can reflect narrative of one’s life.

Since drawer is commonly used, yet a mysterious object which people cannot expect what it contains before they open. People sometimes cannot throw away their old stuff and collect all goods to containers such as drawers. It has possibly most story telling objects stored. Admittedly, it is the object in everyone’s house storing stuffs hid from others. The stuffs and belongings of someone else tell story of who they are or represents missing pieces of puzzles. Therefore, I decided to choose a drawer to pull out the story and secrets.

In terms of design, the top drawer has sound effect of typing the keyboards with showing a desk and a chair in miniature size. and next drawer will show a miniature bed with many lights. The bottom drawer will be a closet so clothes will be rotating once light source comes to trigger. Basically, I reversed the idea of a room and a drawer. So, the drawer contains the room while most of time a room contains a drawer. On the top of the drawer, I will place a picture frame of a person or a letter written by a person.

I am using photocell (light sensor) to trigger an audio and lights and motors placed in each drawer. The video above is demonstrating the light is on when photocell is getting the source of light. And the stepper motor is rotating fast while more light is provided. Since a user will physically involve to pull out the drawer giving light source, it will operate outputs. Specifically, MP3 sound (which will be arriving this monday) will trigger to play as background of the scene once the drawer is pulled out. also, different sounds each time will be iterative for audiences to play multiple times.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.002, Designing for Digital Fabrication, Intro to Fabrication