final project research

Research:

project 1: AirDesk

It’s a pity that this video doesn’t have an English version. I was really amazed when I first watched this video. This young man made an “AirDesk” when he found that Apple gave up releasing Air Power. He made the coil movable so that wherever you put your phone on the desk, the coil will move automatically under your phone to charge it. He also added some cool special effects to make the device more interesting. The project is very interactive since it can charge your phone automatically by moving the coil itself.

project 2: How to Transform a PIANO into a BBQ CAR

This guy turned a piano into a BBQ CAR! When driving it, he could hit the keyboard and roast meat skewer. He press a certain key and the skewer attached to it will rotate. Obviously, it is very interactive and fun. I was amazed by how he could associate piano with BBQ and car.

I chose these projects because they are very creative. They connect different things together, like phones and desk, piano, BBQ and car. They informed me that I should be creative and brave to make connection between two totally different things. I should create more interact between different actors, and make the process of interacting more interesting.

A successful interactive experience is composed of many things. It should tell the user what to do and user can enjoy the process of interacting. Like our midterm project, which told the user what the device is about. And the two project I mentioned above allow user to enjoy when interacting with the device. The whole process include “input” “process” and “output”, which is one of the main points of interaction in my definition. As is mentioned in the reading by Ernest Edmond, “although my art was primarily painting, I took an interest in ‘happenings’, in which direct and physical audience participation became, at times, an integral part of the artwork”, the process of interacting is really important, we should make it clear and fun, like by adding more elements into the project, or making the process more complex.