{"id":8,"date":"2018-09-08T19:25:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/picture-yourself\/?p=8"},"modified":"2018-11-27T23:17:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T23:17:26","slug":"picture-yourself-week-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/picture-yourself\/index.php\/2018\/09\/08\/picture-yourself-week-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture Yourself: Week Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Work This Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week consisted of continued organization for our semester, as well as solidifying the ideas behind our research.<\/p>\n

To ourselves, we presented the Related Works research that we had done over the weekend.\u00a0 Some examples of these included:<\/p>\n

The As We Are Project<\/strong>: Developed in 2017, guests are presented with a 14-foot tall, 3D universal human head model, in the back of which is a photo booth.\u00a0 Guests can take 3D pictures of themselves, and then their head is displayed in 3D on the giant head.\u00a0 We liked this project because it elevated the traditional “Selfie” idea into a visually innovative and eye-catching way.\u00a0 The project also brought to our attention the idea of an “archive” in which guests can see their pictures displayed in the exhibit.<\/p>\n

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D’light Interactive System<\/strong>: Developed in Seoul, Korea in 2010, it is an interactive system that allows guests to use Kinect or an iPad to input text or images, which is then projection mapped onto the ground and wall.\u00a0 This project introduced us to the idea of projection mapping as a potential form of interaction.<\/p>\n

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Dymaxion Spanish Pavillon Expo<\/strong>: Developed in Yeosu, Korea in 2012, guests are presented with a world map made out of LEDs.\u00a0 This project introduced us to the idea of using LEDs as an abstract form of interaction, as well as the idea that maps connects people by asking them “where are you from.”<\/p>\n

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Portrait Machine:\u00a0<\/strong>Developed in Amsterdam in 2009, guests\u2019 pictures are analyzed and organized based on similarities and differences in angle, color, expressions and other groupings.\u00a0 This project brought us to the idea that we could connect CMU students and other members of the CMU community with each other and the archived faces of people who have used the exhibit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Museum of Illusions<\/strong>: Developed in Los Angeles in 2018, guests are invited to take selfies of themselves set against optical illusion backgrounds, stretched to create a feeling of depth and dynamism.\u00a0 This project got us thinking of how we can utilize all three surfaces of our space.<\/p>\n

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We discussed our research with ourselves and then further discussed it with our advisors.\u00a0 They liked the idea of using LEDs as a medium, because it is an abstract way of thinking and won’t look dated overtime.\u00a0 They especially liked the idea of using human faces.<\/p>\n

We discussed how in curating connection through CMU backgrounds and guests, it will be fraught with tension because inevitably we will leave something out.\u00a0 However, if we curate this connection through human-to-human bridges, it is unifying by default as well as universal.\u00a0 The question of “where are you from” continually can bring people together.<\/p>\n

We also discussed, in going forward, that we will want to build a rough prototype of our exhibit, even if it means just using a computer screen and then placing our “picture yourself” interaction in the ETC for guests to experience, because it will give us good user data and will allow us to showcase what we did beyond just research.<\/p>\n

We further narrowed down the important parts of our research by experiencing our first Playtest Workshop at the ETC.\u00a0 We learned that knowing our target audience (CMU students, visitors, alumni, etc.) is a big plus, and that nailing down exactly what about CMU interests them is an important next step.\u00a0 We also discussed different ways to ideate:<\/p>\n