Next Stage Prepare for the exhibition. Refine the lighting effect. Color the boxes in black. Create the footprints with sensor and test them.
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Team 15 – Testing Prepared
Purpose of testing: 1. The usability of equipment: Test the sensitivity of the pressure sensors. Test if the state transition of the lighting effect is consistent with expectations Test whether the size of circles on the floor needs to be adjusted. Test whether the light effects are attractive for users. 2.Users’ behaviors: Whether users stand…
Team 15 – Weekly Report 10
This is team 15: Jingni Xue, Yuling Xu, Zhihao Xie Achievement in the past week: 1. We went to our site and did measurement of the wall again and the size of installation. We planned to use about 2.3 meters width on the wall to install our Led strips. 2. We detailed how to control…
Team 15 – Weekly Report 9
Meeting In this week we had a group meeting on Tuesday in Wilkinson Building. The main content of this meeting is to decide what materials we need to buy, and improve our concept. We got a new idea about our “Social Circle” on the ground, and here is the new idea. The new idea was…
Team 15 – Weekly Report 8
Last week we refined our final concepts (interactive method & lighting effects) and used prototype to do a simple test for our concept. The final concept is called Social Circle. The circles with sensors inside are placed on the ground. When two users stand within one circle at the same time, they can activate the…
Team 15 – Weekly Report 7
In the last week, we have confirmed the main interactive process. We found that the most difficult things are how to attract users to actively participate in the interaction and make them enjoy it. These are closely related to the lighting effects presented to the users in our project. Thus, this week we did two…
Team 15 – Weekly Report 6
Team members: Jingni Xue, Yuling Xu, Zhiliang Xie Finalizing the concept Last week we updated our concepts and we decided to further develop one of our concepts. The concept we are going to focus on is below. In this scene, some colourful lights are suspended on the ceiling, and then there are some circles on…
Team 15 – Concept Update
In the discussion about previous 4 concepts in the last blog, we considered the strict constraints of them, which is the interaction between users and wall interrupted easily by passerby. Therefore, we decided to update our group concepts. Our new concepts are applied in the ceiling and floor rather than the wall. There are three…
Team 15 – Weekly Report 5
Team members: Jingni Xue, Yuling Xu, Zhiliang Xie Review: Last week, we defined the design challenge and HMW questions. After brainwriting, we came up with 8 concepts and selected 4 as our design ideas to create a playful and interactive space to enhance the connection between students. We analyzed the constraints of each concept and…
Team 15 BLOG- Design Challenges
Step 1 Design challenges: Kill the boring time of waiting class through entertaining activities. Strengthen the connections among classmates out of class. Create a new way for strangers to interact with others. Add playful elements on the blank wall or floor. Step 2 HMW questions: How might we attract students to experience the interactive installation?…