I submitted by project as a “Late Breaking” poster to the SIGGRAPH 2011 conference. This is my first conference paper submission as a graduate student. Fingers crossed! Please view/download my submitted documents from the below links: Abstract Supplementary supporting document
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Check out my final project here, as well as a demonstration of the site’s functionality here (password = earthquake). Please see my in-class final presentation below. The slides can also be downloaded.
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After interesting feedback from the class (including an overwhelmingly positive response to this prototype, which I loath), I hit a figurative wall in my process. How could I combine a visually pleasing interaction with actually meaningful data? I decided that I ultimately could not realize my ideas successfully using openFrameworks. While I was able to […]
Since last week, my project has gone through many iterations and transformations. Please see below for documentation and short descriptions, including thoughts on my latest peer critique and next steps. Mock-ups for an installation piece, experiencing an earthquake through light. The feedback I got from my peers steered me away from this iteration, mostly because […]
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I finally made something pretty and meaningful.
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Today in Studio we had the pleasure of hearing from artist Joelle Bitton about her personal and professional creative work, at such places as Media Lab Europe, as well as her creative process and ideation techniques. Her works and talk were interesting and inspiring. Check her out! After hearing from Joelle, we split into small […]
A (long) summary of what I’ve been working on in the past week for my mini-thesis project, (tentatively called) Earthquake.
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Based off of my previous project, escribo, I would like to further explore the interface of and interaction with an electronic-reading tablet device for my mini-thesis project. With the introduction of the Kindle and the iPad, electronic-reading is becoming more and more pervasive in our society. While user interactions with these technologies are becoming more […]
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For our third Module in Major Studio, we examined game mechanics and game play. Our task was to take an existing game, study its mechanic, and repurpose that mechanic by creating a new game. I initially found this task extremely challenging. As far as I was concerned, I was supposed to skin a game and […]
Defining Game Mechanics by Miguel Sicart
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Disorientation is a study of the way in which NYC subway travelers navigate their environment. Why is it that they feel so disoriented both when navigating the station and when exiting the station above ground? I aim to employ human primal instincts in order to make the subway experience less disorienting. Specifically, locating moss on […]
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