Brief first draft

My first outline of a brief


Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. Interaction is interesting to us as we react and learn from the reactions that we cause, every action having a concequence.

Computer-human interaction is developing more and more as technology becomes more advanced. The technology is programmed to react in a certain way depending on the action we present it with, but this isn’t a true representation of a real response. Is our ever time consuming relationships with these technologies going to affect our relationships with each other? Is true human interaction not as exciting as the reaction received from a computer game?

Create a graphic outcome as the result of a physical human interaction. What advantages do we as humans have over technology in creating new and exciting ways of interacting.


(this can be experimenting with real materials, our true emotions and real responses, the fact that we have the 6 senses as some ideas)

(look at how technology is captivating us and try to recreate that excitement without the use of technology, what about the interaction of something virtual is so thrilling to us?)

Taken from an online thesis...


Analysis and Development of Interaction Techniques between Real and Synthetic Worlds


Introduction

A major research goal during the last decade has been to create photo-realistic interactive synthetic worlds. Despite much effort, however, synthetic worlds remain artificial environments, and have limited usage in human life. Nowadays there are several Virtual Reality applications emerging for entertainment, medical and telepresence purposes. All these applications are dealing with homogenous synthetic worlds which are very far from representing the real world. One major problem is the restrictive human machine interfaces like gloves, magnetic trackers, and head mounted displays. Such interfaces with excessive connections are hampering the interactivity. Another major issue is the rendering of photo realistic, detailed and interactive environments in real-time. Although the current computer graphics technology can model, animate and render synthetic articulated figures with deformable surfaces with near photo-realism in real-time, we cannot say the same about rendering of a complex synthetic world.

Until now I presented the problems of the current Virtual Reality technology. There is a new approach, called Augmented Reality, to overcome the limitations of the Virtual Reality. We can summarize the Augmented Reality as a combination of distinct technologies spanning from virtual reality to computer vision. By definition Augmented Reality enhances user's view of the real world with visual information from a computer. In case of interactions between real and synthetic worlds, the computers perception should be enhanced also.

I'm going to try to make some ice sculptures of body parts


Do you like those pretty ice sculptures at weddings and want to know how to make your own ice sculpture molds? Here is how it is done:

Items:

Fun shaped item. (See below)

Liquid Latex and Paint Brush

Gauze

Aluminum Foil

Box of Packing Peanuts (optional)

Water

Step One: Find a hard toy, vase, door stop figurine, or other fancy item that has a shape that would look good if you made it in ice.




Examples: An old children's bank in the shape of Mickey Mouse makes a great Mickey Mouse ice sculpture mold for a children's party. The plastic flamingo in the yard makes a nice bird ice sculpture mold. The cute little Santa statue from the Christmas box, will make cute little Santa ice sculpture molds. The large-size wedding cake toppers make the same size ice sculpture molds.

Step Two: Scotch tape over any air holes on the item that you want to make an ice sculpture mold from so that none of the Latex mold material gets inside of your treasured item. Place your item on a sheet of aluminum foil.

Step Three: Paint one layer of liquid Latex over your treasured item, and out onto the foil sheet about 2-inches all of the way around and let it dry for 30-45 minutes. Do this a second time and let dry. Do this a third time and let dry. Do this a fourth time and let it almost dry.

Step Four: Take a piece of thin gauze material and pat it down over your almost dried layer four. This material is going to reinforce your liquid Latex mold so that it will hold its shape better. One layer of gauze is all that you need. Gauze material is found inexpensively in the bandage section of the store or inside of your handy first aid kit.

Step Five: Repeat step three and add four more layers of liquid Latex to your ice sculpture mold. Allow this liquid Latex mold to dry for at least 24-hours.

Step Six: Peel the liquid Latex mold off of your treasured item. When it is very dry it will come off easily, if the ice sculpture mold is still feeling like it is sticking, you are not dry yet.

I like the idea of the body being used to tell a story, I am going to explore body art to create a story between the art and the body it is painted onto.

Research

I have started to look at people's body movements and reactions. I took these photographs in Notting Hill walking straight down the middle of the road, just to see people's reactions.