Interaction Lab

Maze it Through- Melissa Ching- Rudi My initial prompt for myself was how might I innovate a puzzle. During the class brainstorming session, on of my peers suggested a two person jigsaw puzzle game. For my proposal essay and for this project, I built off this idea to explore communication between partners and how this … Continue reading Final Project: Make, Present & Report – Due

Link A innovative way to do a traditional jigsaw puzzle, where a pair of people must communicate to solve the puzzle. One person can see the image of the puzzle and the other can move the pieces. The game is for fun and to determine how effective one is at communication. The two people must … Continue reading Final Project: Essay

Task 1: At first, I thought that the task was fairly simple, but later realized that I had completed the task wrong. I moved background to setup and was able to draw using multiple circles. But, later, I noticed that we were meant to draw lines. I was unsure at first as to how to … Continue reading Recitation 8: Serial Communication

Link The intention of this project is to be a reimaged method of doing a traditional jigsaw puzzle, relying on the communication of the pair to correctly put the pieces. Only one can see the pieces and only one can move the pieces, this relates to the project from my research, ( Through Artificial Eyes – … Continue reading Final Project: Three Project Proposals

I would define interaction would be the input from multiple parties, including the user or users and the project itself. Interactive design is about providing the starting pieces and letting the project run without your support (Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen by Tom Igoe). Interaction could also be described … Continue reading Final Project: Research

Thoughts on Experience: This recitation was harder than I had anticipated. I expected to be able to complete this project easily but found many issues. At the beginning, I had trouble visualizing and decide how I wanted to create this project. I decided on the concept of making graphics for multiple of the items we … Continue reading Recitation 6: Animating an Interactive Poster

This is a photo I took back home. I wanted to pick a photo that I had taken myself and found this photo. I found the photo to be fairly simple and something that I can easily transfer as a few simple shapes and lines.  So, I first used the paper we were given to … Continue reading Recitation 5: Processing Basics

Shoot it!- Melissa Ching-Rudy During the midterm I though back to the experience I previously gained in this course. The first required readings we had helped define interaction as the dialogue between the technology and the user, with speaking, listening, and responding (The Art of Interactive Design, Crawford). During our group project this semester, my … Continue reading Midterm Project: Make, Present & Report

My partner and I divided up the work. He worked on the organization of cables on the breadboard while I cut up the sheet of cardboard. We helped one another in double checking each others work or helping out the other when we had difficulty. For example, he had difficulty connecting the circuit to ground … Continue reading Recitation 4: Actuators and Mechanisms