This week we aimed to build our concept to a standard appropriate for testing next week. We built the rainstick, successfully tested the housing for waterproofing, successfully housed the electronic components, and achieved communication between the controller and LED’s. During this build session, we also got some impromptu feedback from team 7. Whilst they understood…

Since the last update, we’ve detailed the first version of our concepts interaction and technical design. As shown in the GIF above, the interaction with the rain stick consists of a few states. These states are dictated by a gyroscope sensor that is housed inside the rainstick and communicates via WiFi to a processing sketch….

Our concept to this point has focused on creating a play experience with the use of a projector in various ways. This week we tested out a standard throw projector with 3000 lumens (Casio XJ-A257) on the Hex Box structure, and some challenges became clear. Regular projectors do not cover much of the Hex Box…

With our background, site, and user research complete, we have collected 3 key insights that are driving the design direction for our project: Our design challenge is: How can we create a moment of escape for students studying inside the masters homebase (MHB), by drawing them outside and engaging them in calming ritual or ludic…

This week we finalised our team charter, confirmed our installation site, distributed tasks, and studied our physical site conditions. Our allocated installation space is the balcony attached to the Masters Home-base, on level 2 of the Wilkinson building. Since the planned installation will occur at night, we went back to see the space in the…