Friday 14 January 2011

Digital artefact : the tree


This is the full view of the Tree. the tree is a digital virtual environment of a tree which has been uprooted and is floating in an dark back space (almost like space but with nothing but the tree). As the user exports the tree thought movement of the Wii controller they see writing under the bark (bits of the bark have fallen off). the writing under the bark could possibility be of child hood menioses or the text from school books reminding them of the act of exploring their environment as a child. I choose a tree because my own menioses of child hood often involved climbing trees, bulding tree houses and dens (which where often under or around the base of tree trunks) and generally playing among the trees in my parents back garden.
 Close up view of the texture of the tree branches showing the written text under the bark. In this drawing the text was taking from random books and magazines.

Interactive installation concept





looking at possible layout for a project based installation using the wii contoller to explore a digital artifact.
idea for a sphere project screen (projectors inside base of sphere) this arrament allowers the user to navaigate round the installation in a natural flow.
 different shape project screens.
 This is my favourite layout as the project screen mirrors the shape of the tree which might be the digital artefact. This shape and the shapes in the sketches before most likely will cause distortion to the projected image, should the projected image be adjusted so that it is displayed correctly on the projection screen or should the projection screen be made to accommodate the project image.
 Just a quick idea to stop users running off with the Wii controller while still giving them the freedom to naturally interact with the installation. A bar or hop is surpened from the ceiling, attached to this is a rope which attaches to the controller. Another sketch will need to made exploring the different ways to connect these part together while giving the most amount of free movement to the user.

Sunday 9 January 2011

A completely different concept








Due to the possablite that I might be able to use the Wii controller as an input device i started to explore the idea of climbing and exploring tree in a digital manner. the sketches above are basic concept sketches of the tree, another possiable idea is to texture the tree with text which creates an story abit like Jeffery Shaws Legible City. Here a Video showing the Wii controller at work from abertay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ujnzMPBoc