This week was very VERY productive. In prototyping, testing, and emotional rollercoaster-ing.

I've successfully built a prototype model, tested scale, evaluated the feasibility of the pepper's ghost effect with some lighting options. And most importantly - built a mechanism to simulate the sun so sun beams cast through the window. 

For this final assignment, I want to make a combined project between Hypercinema and Pcomp. 

I'm interested in exploring our individual relationships with time and how fleeting it feels when we are focused on the task at hand.

Through the transformation of the objects in a scene, we can explore the speed in which time is flying by depending on "where you linger".

Objectives for these two weeks: Understand serial communication.

Did I get it?
Kind of.
​It's still abstract in how it is applied, but I think I sorta understand the gist of it...?

For our P-comp midterm project, Julia and I were interested in exploring light readings through water and how ink droplets can obscure light readings to alter a sound output.

The final project became a collaborative interaction that allows a few people to add onto each other's input, whether it was to add different ink colors or to stir the mixture. Ultimately changing the volume of the sound output as the water becomes more saturated, creating the final "Witch's Brew Cocktail" (to embrace the halloween theme).

This week's lab focuses on motor controls. However, since our midterm project does not utilize motors, I did not dive too deeply into the exercises as Julia and I prioritized the time to conduct testing and ideate for the project instead.

This week's blog might be a little short, but still covers some interesting discoveries and experiences.