1.Blind
The topic of this design is the disabled ,especially the blind.For a long time,the disabled people have been ignored by the society.And one of the most obvious examples is that many of China’s blind corridors have problems such as broken or uneven surfaces, bicycles and electric vehicles occupying the blind corridors, etc. Based on these phenomona,I think it is time for us normal people to raise awareness of this problem and to care about the blind.Hence,I want to design a artifact that can let normal people experience the life of the disabled.This idea will probably be realized by a device that cover the user’s eyes and all interactions are done by audios and actions. For example,they may hear the complex sounds on the road and have to do actions by following the audio instructions.
2.Light＆Beat Sword
This artifact is inspired by an existing VR game called Beat Saber.In the game,the game use two devices that looked like swords to cut the cubes while following the rhythm and the music.Here,the VR device showed the user different cubes as instructions for “hitting”.Then the user make actions based on the instructions.After “hitting” the cubes,new animations on the screens would appear to let the user notice that he had successfully hit the cubes in the game.Based on this,I want to design a Light Sword that can interact with the animations on the monitor,and three forms are listed in the sketch:sequence,blink and sweep.The LEDs on the sword is also a part of the interaction.Techniques like building a switch in the recitation 1,visualizing Neopixel Music in the recitation 7 and examples of receiving multiple values in the Processing are useful for this artifact.
3.Starry Starry Night
This artifact is inspired by the an interactive wall of space inside the Shanghai Planetarium.Once the users do actions,for example waving their arms or shaking their heads,the animations of milky way will start to move and even become blurred sometimes.Also,the movement of animations are based on users’ speed and position of actions.From my point of view,this is a wonderful prototype to work on because it not only provides us with an innovative way of interacting but also has connections with the topic of nature and space.Actually,every creature in nature has their own beauty.However,people in modern societies are too busy to immerse in nature.Hence,I want to design an artifact that can let people feel relaxed while enjoying the beauty of nature:Three potentiometers are set on the Arduino and they are respectively related to x-axis,y-axis and zoom in or zoom out.Through blurring and dynamicizing the animations,users can DIY their final images.Besides,music will probably be take into consideration.
