2014
Pro-Taskinator : End of Procrastination ( App; Prototype)
The Pro-Taskinator: The End of Procrastination (PEP) will become an Android mobile application (app) that helps users avoid delaying their tasks and become inspired to face challenges in their life, by allowing them to plan their daily lives, share their schedule with others, and receive all event reminders from family and friends. PEP will provide an entertaining way for users to plan and commit to their daily schedule as well as connect daily or weekly with their family and friends. By directing all task or event notification to whomever is in their friend group, PEP helps to build and raise users' motivation because all the encouragement and reminding comes from their family and friends. By registering an account on PEP, users will have access to features, which they can use to plan their schedule, view motivational quotes from people around the world, and locate their friends, who are also a part of PEP's network, on a map to physically remind them to attend a common or shared event. One catch to using PEP is that it will not notify the users in any way of their work unless the users prefer an automatic reminder through PEP.
TouchDesigner Project
This is a fun project I did in fall 2014. I built a windows of panels to control the object in next window. Since there are 15 control buttons, player can create their own object and have fun with it.
Collective Constraint Exhibition
Our goal was to create a Projection Mapping onto an object as well as let viewers physically interact with the object. We decided to create a “drum” and project abstract footage onto it that would be appealing to the eye. The viewer can then tap on the “drum” itself and have the footage change.
In order for this installation to be successful, we needed the combination of MadMapper, Adobe After Effects, and MAX. After Effects was used to create the lengthy video of abstract animations. This video was then brought into the MAX patch and then was manipulated to change to different points once a sound thresh hold was broken by a tap. MapMapper was solely used to project a round image on the physical drum. To create the physical installation, we needed a projector above the piece that way no one could obstruct the image when using it. We had then made the drum itself out of PVC sheeting that way it was light but also could create a decent amount of sound. Just like a drum it was hollow and we had a contact microphone on the underside of the surface to catch the taps. This then was connected to the computer that was running the patch and recording each tap.
Fantastic Ryan
In sping 2014, our group members and I spent four months to create an animation video with interaction element. The story is about a boy traveling to countries far away from his hometown in the Soviet Union, hoping to find a cure-all medicine to save his ill mother’s life. The boy will lead the viewers to various places. During different stages of the story, the viewers will be able to interact with the film when prompted. A motion sensor will accompany the film to capture the body of a person in the audience, and this person may control the boy to effect the process of his travel. Simply, the participants can control how fast the boy arrives to a certain location by moving his/her body in a walking motion.
We inserted 3D characters into 2D backgrounds. To our surprised, it had a good vision effect. The technique we used for this project were: Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Max/Msp
Recording App
I created a patch which is controlled by sound. If the sound nearby the computer is larger than 0.3, it will trigger the button to take pictures and videos automatically. I used the patch to observe my parrots. I opened the camera at night, and it would take picture and a 5 secs video of my parrots if there were sounds louder than 0.3. I only created the video which made of still images since the videos were too large to load. And there were thousands of images and videos since I open the patch at night. The timing of the images which I picked were from 6:00am to 3:00pm. I want to show what did the parrots do in the apartment when I am not at home.
I created a patch which is controlled by sound. If the sound nearby the computer is larger than 0.3, it will trigger the button to take pictures and videos automatically. I used the patch to observe my parrots. I opened the camera at night, and it would take picture and a 5 secs video of my parrots if there were sounds louder than 0.3. I only created the video which made of still images since the videos were too large to load. And there were thousands of images and videos since I open the patch at night. The timing of the images which I picked were from 6:00am to 3:00pm. I want to show what did the parrots do in the apartment when I am not at home.