As required, it is the proposed prototype of how we visualize the actual place to be, participants will so far able to walk through the set up location in a dark room ambience that provides security and mystery. It is the closest experience we can create with our limited resources and knowledge.
Upon entering the dark room experience, when user will be attracted to the voices coming out of the bottles and pick one up to listen. As they listen, they are able to relate to the secrets and will feel connection between them and the user.
In between the random secrets, there will be a short instruction to prompt user to record their own secret by pressing the red button on the bottle.
After understanding what to do, user will listen to the bottle which is able to record secrets and playback the recorded secrets submitted by other fellow participants.
To record voice, press and hold the red button as you speak your secret and let go of it when done. The LED light within the bottle would turn red during recording, and will be blue during the rest of the time. The audio is recorded and will be included in the bottle.
We also intend to add spring to the strings to make the bottle ‘bounce’ to give the effect of bottles drifting and floating on the sea.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Enhancements
future enhancement.
Other than this project being just a concept prototype, if given enough resources, support and time, this project has the potential of becoming a real installation and could be publicized for participation from the public.
If provided an actual dark room to walk into, appropriate lighting and unwired bottles, users would be able to feel the experience of a safe and polished project, therefore trusting the experience to be a private and protected environment to share secrets.
The contest accepts interactive projects from all over the world and will choose and sponsor 10 projects to be realized and displayed during the festival.The guidelines are to create a public 5mx2m space where places where people meet, socialize, interact, integrate, and experiment, and able to develop a feeling of belonging to a community or to a group. Projects using recycled materials or everyday materials in a creative and innovative way will be favoured.
A more visually appealing bottle could be worked on, if we can get wireless a 2-in-1 microphone and speaker combined… That way, the bottle will not seem as intimidating to have so many wires aka technologies that will scare the user and feel insecure about spilling their secrets.
We also intend to add spring to the strings to make the bottle ‘bounce’ to give the effect of bottles drifting and floating on the sea.
It will also be interesting if the content from the installation is able to be transferred onto the internet immediately and without manual input. For the current prototype, the recordings being recorded into the bottle are being merged as a one as they are being submitted. It will not be able to handle many recordings as the RAM will not be able to take it and will hang. To enhance this, the recordings should be a stand alone recording so they will not take up as much space.
Other than this project being just a concept prototype, if given enough resources, support and time, this project has the potential of becoming a real installation and could be publicized for participation from the public.
If provided an actual dark room to walk into, appropriate lighting and unwired bottles, users would be able to feel the experience of a safe and polished project, therefore trusting the experience to be a private and protected environment to share secrets.
The contest accepts interactive projects from all over the world and will choose and sponsor 10 projects to be realized and displayed during the festival.The guidelines are to create a public 5mx2m space where places where people meet, socialize, interact, integrate, and experiment, and able to develop a feeling of belonging to a community or to a group. Projects using recycled materials or everyday materials in a creative and innovative way will be favoured.
A more visually appealing bottle could be worked on, if we can get wireless a 2-in-1 microphone and speaker combined… That way, the bottle will not seem as intimidating to have so many wires aka technologies that will scare the user and feel insecure about spilling their secrets.
We also intend to add spring to the strings to make the bottle ‘bounce’ to give the effect of bottles drifting and floating on the sea.
It will also be interesting if the content from the installation is able to be transferred onto the internet immediately and without manual input. For the current prototype, the recordings being recorded into the bottle are being merged as a one as they are being submitted. It will not be able to handle many recordings as the RAM will not be able to take it and will hang. To enhance this, the recordings should be a stand alone recording so they will not take up as much space.
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