iOS Issues
This is a screencast of me testing Flash CS 5.5’s export function for iOS devices and the iPad (as it would relate to my thesis). Unfortunately this feature will not work for my thesis (to use in addition to the Kinect), but my thesis committee agrees that one particular device isn’t the point of the … Read more
Direction for the Background: ‘Internet Noise’
For the background of my design, I decided to create visual noise based on live twitter interactions. Below is a sample screen recording of the background direction. Each square represents one tweet. The alpha channel (transparency) of each square is in direct relation of the number of ‘retweets’ of each post (i.e. the ‘loudness’ of … Read more
Symbol Set
I’m exploring a couple different directions for my symbol set for my visual component of the thesis. One option would be to use geometric shapes (with some sort of kinetic attribute) or the other I thought about would be to base the symbol set on early alphabets, in this case the Phoenician alphabet. The shapes … Read more
Visual Thesis: Ambient Sound Options
Below are several choices I am exploring for the auditory feedback component of my visual thesis. The symbol library will be based around these looping sounds. You can start and stop tracks individually, to explore which sounds work well together.
Thesis Update – August 14
A screencast showing the recent progress updates for my natural user interface.