Focus and listen.

https://expandingexperience.kr/ITP

Description

Focus Helper is an installation that helps people reduce the misunderstanding in conversation. Its design is based on people's behavior in conversation. People use their whole face to communicate such as eyes, mouth, ears and facial expressions. So I use a Fresnel lens to magnify their face and limit their visual from interruption of the environment. Also, people who want to understand the conversation, they write the note or recording, so I made an archiving website based on that behavior. The button on the handle activates the p5.speechRecognition. The whole part will make with wood and it has legs, and it also uses a mic, two headphones. The website will make on Github, so participants who come to Winter show can review their conversation after their experience of the Focus Helper.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing

An interactive mirror that will reveal your true beauty.

https://editor.p5js.org/msyves/full/r1E38zHy4

Description

More and more of the younger generations are struggling with self-worth issues. This problem can start at really young age and with the media exposure these days we are led to believe that we have to look/be a certain way to be considered ‘beautiful’. It is also a nature of human to compare ourselves with other people.

‘The Narcissist Mirror’ is an interactive mirror that talks to you and listens to you. Users will be prompt to answer the question ‘Who is the fairest of them all?’. The mirror will then start drawing a painting of the user only if they answer ‘me’ or ‘myself’ using speech recognition. If the user say something else, it will point out how the user doesn’t know how beautiful they are and will keep encouraging the user to answer again and again.

I believe we need a little reminder that we are all beautiful

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media

Access to meaningful interaction has no limitation.

https://sondluu.wixsite.com/itpblog/blogposts/final-project-2-update-2

Description

A visual and sound experience, where Person A controls the sound effects experienced by Person B. In return, B controls A’s visual elements. Then the two can swap positions. For a short few minutes, while losing control one’s own sensibility, he/she provides the other person access to a unique experience. He/she is responsible for what the other senses, sees, hears, etc.

Classes

Comm Lab: Video and Sound, Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing

Beautiful and colorful calligraphies are to be made spontaneously by the sound and the music, while the audience also can interactively make flowers, leaves, snows falling down the canvas.

http://sachikon.hosting.nyu.edu/itp/icm/final-project/

Description

This is the artistic visualization work of the sound and the music. The beautiful paint is to be generated based on the sound, while its size depends on the amplitude and its colors changes based on the timbre (what sorts of frequency it has). Also, by pushing the button of the remote control, the audience can also make the flowers/autumn leaves/snows falling down the canvas with the sound, even while they are listening to the live performance with this paintings.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media