Poster ideation 2

This is my second poster ideation as I tried to make it "messier" and cluttered rather than clean and open space.


This poster has some debris in the background, destroying the clean look of the poster.

This poster has the debris all over including the figures in front.

This poster has no dim black and white background. Just plain black.

This poster is all clean with no debris.

Which is better? Any suggestion / comment to add to the poster?

Poster ideation 1

Since I am struggling with my actionscript and head modeling, I'm taking a short time out and throw out this idea that had been bugging me for the past two days. I think it's meant to be the poster but this is just a first 'draft', ideation.


Comments plz.

Recycling the kiosk machine?

I'm wondering on how to execute my look and feel of installation. Before this, I thought of using the already made kiosk like thing that one of the seniors left behind.


This is how it looks like. The square part inside is hollow.

This is how I planned to arrange equipments to my needs but that's my opinion. What you guys think?

Should I find other alternatives?

Dummy head modelling 1

My dummy head so far is really rough ..



Argh. I need to get tutorial help from my friend later on. Probably redoing my head.

Actionscript test 1

Thanks to my friend Kayvern who helped me fix and adjust the actionscript, I finally managed to get half of what I want. Testing actionscript!

One face in the middle

When you click, another head appear and the new head can be dragged out to be put aside


The heads can overlap among themselves.

Soon, the whole area will be covered with lots of heads!


Now, I need to include audio for each head and also script out how to replace heads back into the original one in the middle.

Will post more screen shots once I try with a more serious subject matter. For now, it's smileys!

Update : This is the swf version. Try it yourself!

User behavior of DID

This is a little overdue but here goes :-

What is the users current behaviors:-

* Mental illness is not as important as other diseases (diabetes, heart attack, obesity)
* Known about the illness by name only
* Dissociative identity disorder is not as known as other mental illness (stress, depression)

How the message gets to the user?

* The head represents a person and when user pulled out more heads, it signifies different personalities within a person

Trial and error

I decided since I can't upload swf on my blog, the other method I can use are screen shots. This was the first try I experiment with a duplication actionscript.


See, that's my name with a pink button beneath it.

When I click on the pink button, my name randomly duplicate itself somewhere in the screen.

Not exactly what I'm looking for but I'll keep searching and asking around for the proper code.

Sorry for the delayed post, been keeping it in my draft while looking for alternative ways to post it up.

What about a touch pad?

Farah sent me a video link this morning and I'm seriously considering to use this method for my head duplication project. It sounds simple enough to be done.



I know, it's not exactly touch screen but as far as I see it, it works.

What do you guys think? Go go or no go? Alternatives?

Audio sayings

For part of the project, I need to do some audio recording and these are some of the expressions that I want to portray in the application.

For each head that is duplicate, there is a random saying to accompany it.

These are the expressions and sayings that the heads will say, for now just imagine the tones :-

* happy
- Yey! I just got promoted to senior vice president!

* sad
- My little brown dog got ran down by a car yesterday

* scared
- Why is my head hurting so bad?

* stressed
- There is too much stuff to do before the wedding.

* shy
- Can I have your email address?

* shocked
- I cannot believe I was fired from that office!

* in love
- He has the cutest smile with the most gorgeous dimple!

* threatening
- You expose our affair, I'm going to the cops

* annoyed
- Whatever, it's not like you're that great either

* insulted
- Excuse me? I am stronger than him!

* pissed off
- Stop stealing my cookies!

* tired
- I cannot hide this anymore

* checking someone out
- Oh, hot girl in purple dress

* bored
- There is nothing to do but stare at the wall

* jealous
- Gah! His wife is a better cook than mine

* ashamed
- I cannot believed I did this. I cannot!

* disgusted
- Eww. Why is there rat's tail in my soup!!!

* guilty
- I did it because I was really angry

* creepy
- Then I shall separate the nose from the face


Will update soon with my programming and interface stats.

New concept video - head duplication

This is the new concept video about the head duplication idea, just to show how the idea look like.

My dummy

Since I'm doing a new idea (head duplication), I am looking forward to model my own 3D head sometime this week. At the same time, I need to get on with my programming, which I'm currently struggling with to find the exact code that I need.

So I did a research today on what kind of face I probably want to use. I already decided to use a total 3D, non gender plain face but I'm not sure should I make it colored or just leave it black.

I'm not sure also if I want to use front or side view for the head. These are two different examples that I found online.

Side view of the head would probably look not personal as you don't look into the model's eyes.

Front view seems more personal, as if the dummy head is looking right on the user themselves.

On the other hand, side view looks cleaner (in my opinion) but I like the front view too.

What do you think?

Gah!

I can't seem to find a way to upload swf file to blogger!

Solutions that I googled up are either upload to Google Pages (which is no longer there) or a site that basically does not work.

The following 5 weeks

I am going to proceed with my second idea, the idea which I am calling 'head duplication' project.

For the next 5 weeks, these are the tasks :-

1. Get the programming right for duplication.
2. Model a 3D head.
3. Voice recording and editing.
4. Design a look and feel (if there is time).
5. Handle technical side - touch screen technology.
6. Finish up submission stuff.
7. Build environment.

No pressure, right?

Doodling ideas

If I'm doing experimental installation, then I have to reconsider the position of my equipments.

These are some of the ideas me and my friend, Kayvern were brainstorming and throwing around on msn about the new placement of the camera as the interaction will be on screen now rather than trigger points on the floor.


This was drawn with the assumption that the mirror was still in use, where the camera is located directly on top of the user.



Thoughts of building a 'roof' to set the camera on top


Or hanging it like an extended arm from the top of the screen.


Silly but necessary to throw out some ideas.

After some consideration, I might change my screen to a touch screen. It will less time consuming and still effectively carry the message.

Interface design ideas

I have decided to switch from information based application to something experimental where the users themselves can participate and interact. In the end, it's up to their own interpretation to conclude the application.

Visual :- the screen shows images of a female, dressed in different clothes with different expression and different look.

Audio :- instrumental music in the background.

Interaction :- user point at the different photo of the figure then they will be able to hear random sayings in the same voice, in different tone.

Visual :- the screen shows a head in the middle.

Audio :- instrumental music in the background, a voice with random sayings.

Interaction :- user duplicates the head by pulling out from the original head. the more heads appear, the more voices are added.

Concept video

This is a simple concept video for the application :-

Dissociative Identity Disorder - Take a moment to be in their shoe

8 weeks plan

Since there are only 8 weeks to execute the final year project, this is the rough weekly planning for the project.



Hopefully everything will go according to plan

Prototype FYP 1

This was the submitted prototype before I set the limitation and changed the application setting.

The projector is set to project upon the mirror so that it will be able to reflect to the back of the screen.