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The hit new band “Spatial Media” just released a new album with 3 new singles! Here is their LP cover:

Meredith and I drew out the implementation diagram of Play’Round:

Based on the feedback we got from everyone in class last week, we tweaked the animation and visual interaction a little bit. Here is the new drawing we have:

Above is the first animation we want to get done. When the viewer touches the table, a glowing circle will appear on where she presses. The circle will rotate along its track for as long as the finger is on the table. As the circle is rotating, it will leave a trace behind and the associated track will be played.

déjà-vu is a sidewalk installation that aims to make the passerby articificially experience the feeling of déjà-vu. The system will sense the passerby, record her for 5 seconds, then project the video on a screen that is placed a few feet down the street, while the passerby is walking by the screen. The video will only be played once. If the passerby notices herself walking on the screen, she will experience a feeling very similar to déjà-vu.

Are you a history buff? Ever wondered how it would be like to have dinner with Marie Antoinette? Do you wonder what the Emperors used to eat at the Summer place during the Ming Dynasty? “If they can’t find bread, let them eat cake!” Table let’s you visit the tables of your favorite historic figures! Now you can travel back in time, transform your dining table into a refectory table of a historic figure of your choice and experience a dinner that actually happened at a time in their lives!

Our design team has teamed up with expert historians and culinary researchers to re-enact real meals of historic figures with the same menu items and guests they had on a chosen meal. The results of these extensive researches are then filmed into scenes taking place in their original locations, with servants explaining every dish that was served in that meal -to you, the guest of honor!-, in the company of exceptional character actors acting the historic figures and their guests. During the meal, your historic figure will tell you real stories about his/her lives, turning your dining experience into a feast of history!

Your table initially comes with 100 historic figures, including Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Genghis Khan, Suleiman the Magnificent and Mumtaz Mahal to name a few. More historic figures can be purchased for $1.99 from our website!

Technology:

Computer (Sensing): When you set your table and sit down, the computer will sense your presence and the system will turn on.

Sensing Device: The camera mounted on above your dining table.

Surface: The see through projection screen that will be activated once the system is turned on.

Display device: Rear projection behind the screen for the videos. Top projection on the table for the touch screen interface.

Computer (Graphics): Videos of the historic meals and the interface menu.

Most living rooms in New York have exposed brick walls. Because of their sectioned pattern, it is usually very hard to decorate them. Brick [Photo] Wall, tries to make use of that pattern and transforms your brick wall into an interactive installation, playing with the idea of social networks. The customized program acts similar to a journalist. It collects data on the interactions of your own social networks and detects any activity made on facebook, twitter, email, SMS, MMS and cell phone calls. The system then projects those interactions on your brick wall, using photos of your friends and family, highlighting the interactions between them with light. When a new interaction is made, a photo will appear and remain there for one hour. If there are no interactions, the system will be put to sleep mode. This installation involves a projector and a computer that processes all the information collected from your social networks.

Living Room with Brick Photo Wall

Brick Photo Wall

Here is the pdf document for my first assignment for Spatial Media: CookArt.

Technically, how it works is that the blue colored cameras located above the food preparation areas, such as the sink, the countertops and the stove, are programmed to detect motion and color. When video starts tracking, the data collected is processed through an algorithm and translated into different sized and stylized brush strokes. The color of the paint is determined by the color of the ingredient you’re using. As  you are preparing and cooking the food, you are also painting and the projector projects it on the wall of the kitchen simultaneously. Every morning, the painting is reset to an empty canvas, so as to encourage people to cook more.