Post-Presentation and Re-Evaluation
We presented our choker project yesterday. Things went well, and feedback from Greg was pretty good (although our stress relief and speeding up/slowing down the song accordingly was a little out there...?). We have started talking about ways to expand our idea using the wireless Bluetooth Arduino.
Some ideas we would like to improve on are:
1) One Size Fits All: finding a new choker so that it's not custom-fitted for only one person. As of now, we are finding that if other people want to wear it, it must be adjusted and placed on a "correct" area of the neck in order to get proper readings from MAX/MSP.
2) More is Better: using more sensors would greatly enhance our ability for movement. Since the neck is limited in movements in comparison to spatiality (and compared to other limbs), using more sensors will help with gestures. If we find we're being limited too much by the neck, we could try testing on a different limb altogether.
3) Man to Machine: having the user "talk" to the machine via gestures would be a really neat concept to put into practice. For example, a computer can ask: "Do you want to play the sound file? Yes/No" and the wearer can shake their head or nod, depending on what they want. The sensors in the neck can relay the message back to MAX/MSP, and play the file or not. (Obviously, it would need more commands than just asking whether to play a file: if the user says no, it would be a dead end).
We're still brainstorming, so any/all/none of these suggestions may be implemented.
Some ideas we would like to improve on are:
1) One Size Fits All: finding a new choker so that it's not custom-fitted for only one person. As of now, we are finding that if other people want to wear it, it must be adjusted and placed on a "correct" area of the neck in order to get proper readings from MAX/MSP.
2) More is Better: using more sensors would greatly enhance our ability for movement. Since the neck is limited in movements in comparison to spatiality (and compared to other limbs), using more sensors will help with gestures. If we find we're being limited too much by the neck, we could try testing on a different limb altogether.
3) Man to Machine: having the user "talk" to the machine via gestures would be a really neat concept to put into practice. For example, a computer can ask: "Do you want to play the sound file? Yes/No" and the wearer can shake their head or nod, depending on what they want. The sensors in the neck can relay the message back to MAX/MSP, and play the file or not. (Obviously, it would need more commands than just asking whether to play a file: if the user says no, it would be a dead end).
We're still brainstorming, so any/all/none of these suggestions may be implemented.
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