Emotional Machine

First - Proposal

Group Critique Session Friday 15th February 2008 3pm-6pm

   

Project description :

CREATE AN EMOTIONAL MACHINE

A 'must-use' software : PROCESSING

*Idea development

-Initial idea : theme on fear of pointed objects (couldn't get further than the proposed idea)

-Second idea : theme on fear of darkness. Using 'blow/wind detector'. An object and a candle are drawn in the screen. User can blow off the candle by simply blow onto the 'wind detector' and light it up by pressing either a key on the keyboard or mouse. If the object detects no light, a behavior that reflects fear is seen.

-Second idea (1st development) : Instead of using the 'virtual' candle, a real candle is used. Candle's heat produces infrared light. Another device that is going to be used is the WiiController.  

Proposal MISTAKES :

*Mistakes in choice of words, structures (grammatical order)

*Objective is a goal (intended outcome) not a description (what and why you are doing)  --> rewrite

*Rationale (intention and motivation) --> corretion needed

'What' to be done :

*Research, research and research (Books are preferable)

*Research on behavior, build up a character for the object, aesthetics (interface), interaction, non-linear and linear media, media art aesthetics