Class Response 4/8

Seeing the Programming applications was very interesting.  I would be interested in exploring the interactive aspect of this type of art.  It seems that there could be very many architectural applications, both practical and aesthetic... especially if you could integrate sound, touch, various sensors, etc...

Independent Project Update

With thesis, etc... I have been spinning my tires with this independent project. I have looked into Christian Moeller's "Nosy" installation which is very similar to what I'm wanting to do in the facade of my thesis project. You can check the link below. However, I am starting to lose sight of the project potential of this, so I an considering instead doing research and putting together a presentation on responsive facades in general, as opposed to researching just the technology that I am using.

Christian Moeller's "Nosy" Installation

4/6 Class Response

I personally can't see Second Life ever being used consistently as an educational or practical tool. There is way too much baggage that comes with the idea of Second Life.  Experiencing that environment did nothing for me but reinforce my preconceived ideas that the people in Second Life are mostly socially inept odd balls that use Second Life as a way to supplement the lack of human interaction in their real life.  I guess I might not be as open minded as I thought.

4/3 Class Response

Seeing the Hive was cool. I was surprised how limited the graphics were... I don't know what I was expecting.  Also, again the VR experience was only centered around vision and movement.  Adding some other senses would have made it feel less like you were in a box.

MacGyver MacFanatic's 2nd Life Experience

2. Linden Village Pathfinder's Office.  He was holding his staff.

3. Edmund Faulkes AKA Matthew Sweet Marie

4. Alexa Shopping Center in Berlin

5. Rated PG... 72, 94, 178... I flew

6. The Book of Kells was on the Left... some magazine thing or something.  The Blarney Stone Irish Bar

7. I went to Fermi.  No one was building anything that I could tell.

8. I was in a room on a dining table.  I didn't feel small because there were other people to reference as far as size. A diamond Ring

9. The ability to teleport to class and having info (i.e. class schedules and things) at all times at your finger tips.  I think it would be good for people with accessibility issues.

10. Who Dey Manics because I'm a Bengals fan.

3/30 Class Response

I was shocked to think about the foundations for virtual reality being laid as early as the 1800's... but it makes sense.  Just like the Second Life guy was talking about, people have always wanted to explore the newest frontier.  Immersion into "worlds" that we otherwise couldn't access is one such frontier... whether that be the past as with the Battle of Gettysberg, or the future.

Independent Project

For my independent project I am planning on utilizing responsive technology in the form of transparent LED screens on the facade and inner courtyards of my thesis project.  They will serve as signage for the businesses housed within my project as well as responsive elements that react to the street and sidewalk traffic.  I have been researching different kinds of technology and have settled on this one as a display device because of the transparency it allows for my building facade.  I expect to gain a greater understanding for the ways in which responsive technology can be utilized to bring a sense of localism to a city.  Specifically, I think that by allowing street and sidewalk traffic to effect an element of the facade of my building will cause my building to not only be located on a city block, but to become that city block.  People will become a direct influence on the aesthetics of the building, and thus take a greater pride in the building.

Check out this link for the kind of transparent LED technology I'm thinking of using:

      https://www.inventables.com/technologies/transparent-led-film