Hop: from complexity to simplicity in interactive installations
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Hop from complexity to simplicity in interactive installations Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino CEO & Co-Founder of Tinker.it! ThisHappened Edinburgh 2 May 4th 2009
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Tinker.it! presenting at thishappened in Edinburgh a short presentation about Hop an interactive game developed for the Kinetica Art Fair
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Hopfrom complexity to simplicity in interactive installations
Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoCEO & Co-Founder of Tinker.it!ThisHappened Edinburgh 2May 4th 2009
A context The first Kinetica Art Fair in London
First ideas Let’s use RFID!
Meh… Daniel Soltis stepped in
Meh… Engage people in meaningful waysGive them an interesting context to explore
An ideaMaybe people are the most kinetic thing there is
An ideaKISS: Something simple we can all understand will do the trick
An ideaA game would be nice
Design may varyFlexible interpretationPlay patterns vary
Specs14m long narrow spaceUncertain lighting conditions“VIP space”
IterationsThinking things through
Fake floor with carpet sensors?
Camera somewhere?
IR sensors pointing down?
Take a deep breathRethink this and start building
Lessons learntPeople know a lot about technologyPeople are shyMen vs womenConfusion can be good and bad
Thanks! http://www.flickr.com/photos/yogi/47155521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotchhttp://askville.amazon.com/basic-rules-hopscotch/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=8656231
Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoCEO & Co-Founder of [email protected]/tinker_it
