Based on the ideas from the previous post I would propose creating an installation type of project set in a public space which asks people to use their bodies to navigate a gui to do social networking or collaborative actions. Here are the parts to the project:
- Body based pointing device - most likely I will use some kind of motion tracking device with accelerometers, maybe a wiimote and have it attached to the body in some way. The wearer will have to do physical actions in order to do virtual or computation actions.
- Display - I want the display to be for an audience rather than a single person, also I feel that projecting onto a surface is more versatile than using a monitor.
- Software - most likely I will use Flash to program the connections between the body based pointing device and the gui/display. Also I will need to program the inputs and how to interpret the body language of the users.
- Setting - a public arena, maybe the new Price Center or the wall of a residence hall a place where people will encounter and be confronted by the art. I want to get away from the private physicality of computing. I want to bring the openess of the virtual world to the physical side. However one obstacle maybe trying to get people to participate, online people feel protected from the safety of their homes and the facade of an avatar or screen name, in public that all goes away.
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