Lab Date: April 25, 2019
Instructor: Marcela
Aim of Today’s Lab: Critique each other’s final projects in our table.
We all examined each other’s final projects. Project 1 was about a driving simulation but through the imagination. I thought this project had an interesting concept, but it’s objective was not very clear. I liked the magical and fantasy quality of the project and how it was to bridge driving with fiction. There were components that I had to clear up on, as their intention was both to improve driving but also make driving fun. I suggested it would be interesting to create a set up that mimicked a car and emphasize on the visuals. Project 2 was about creating a controller that individual’s with disabilities could use to draw. I thought this project was interesting but it’s logistics wasn’t too clear. They wanted either hand motions or a general controller made with the Arduino — the examples for their project really helped shaped what they aimed to do. I suggested various ways for the controller to work — to push past a regular joystick. The final project I critiqued was an expansion of this individual’s project for a different class, which was to control their robot to create drawings in the sand. I was intrigued by this project and thought the use of a marble was really interesting. However, I was not too clear their logistics either. I believe they planned to use Processing to create the drawing and control the robot’s magnet in order to move the marble in the sand.
The criticism I received for my audio visual project was fairly straightforward. I think most of the were not clear on the logistics of how the user will interact with the project, which I have to yet clear in my head. I think this is the pivtol part of the project that I should clarify as it will be the driving force of the music. Also, I received some critique on the scale of the project. Ideally, it would be projected like the examples in my post; however, I like to think realistically before imagining the end goal.
I do like the feedback I received for the project and definitely considered it thoroughly. Thinking about my final project overall, I would like to have done something more personal and elaborate — interaction with objects one necessarily won’t think to interact with if I were doing it on my own; however, as a group project, this project marries both my partner and I’s interests and conveys ideas in a way that can make sense for the both of us. Audio visual projects tend to be very common, so I hope I can find a way to interact with the piece through the Arduino in a way that can both bind teamwork and communication through the body and music/art in a unique way that is clear.