So far…: Even though Fiona and I still haven’t nailed down a finalized design, we programmed a basic Guitar Hero/DDR like game in Processing as an exercise sketch. Use the ‘a’ ‘s’ ‘d’ ‘f’ keys as the notes fall completely into the red zone on the bottom. Play it here! Design Alternatives: – Rotate Wii [...]
Fiona and I discussed alternatives for the user interface. An accelerometer would make the game more physical as the player would have to dip from side to side. I really like the idea of a physical game – it’s simply more fun. If we used a microphone, we could still utilize an accelerometer within to measure [...]
Fiona and I are once again teaming up for our final project. We decided to combine both our ICM and PComp finals into one large project – a game she dubbed “Piano Hero.” Check out Fiona’s blog post as it includes a preliminary sketch and a link to her ICM midterm, a “Make Your Own [...]
Summary: VANCE: Voice Automated Number Counting Elevator – an attempt to redesign the elevator experience from an impersonal one to a more social one. We utilized a break beam sensor composed of two laser pointers to count the number of people entering/leaving the elevator, and a force sensor on the door frame to determine when [...]
Lab: High Current Loads: (http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/HighCurrentLoads) – Prepared the breadboard with 5V and Ground connections, as in previous labs. – Added a potentiometer: Attached a pot via a 1 kOhm resistor to analog input pin 0. [NOTE: I often get confused between a 1 kOhm and a 10 kOhm resistor. To set this straight, Brown/Black/Red/Gold = 1 [...]
Lab: Serial Duplex: (http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/SerialDuplex) – Connected two pots to analog input pins 0 and 1 (each in series with 1kOhm resistor), and connected a push button switch (in series with 1 kOhm resistor) to digital pin 2. - Read and send the serial data: using the code provided on the lab instructions site, I tested [...]
Fine Tune: After Fiona presented our idea to the class, we started to simplify and focus our project. We decided to stick with audio cues that would play in the elevator, as opposed to an interactive game. Although slightly worried about whether the elevator is truly interactive, or just reactive, our goal is to have [...]
Assignment: The goal of this assignment is to observe an existing physical behavior or task and to either re-design the tool for doing that action, or to design a new tool to do it. Your focus in this assignment should be on careful and timely sensing of the relevant actions of the person or people that [...]
Lab: Serial Output: (http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/SerialOut) – Connected the sensor to the breadboard and Arduino. I had two set ups, one with a potentiometer and one with a photo cell (with 1 Kohm resistor in series), each connected to analog pin 0 on the Arduino. – Read and sent serial data: I programmed the Arduino with the sample [...]
[Norretranders, The User Illusion, Chapter 6: The Bandwidth of Consciousness] – Only about one millionth of our sensory input (what eyes see, ears hear, etc.) appears in our consciousness at any one moment. – Consciousness is agile as our focus changes, but we still we are not conscious of much at one moment. – To [...]