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[PDP] FYP - Project Proposal
Even though we deny it, we could not help but stereotype people based on our observations of that person. We did not even know them yet, we made assumptions about that person. I do admit myself that most of the time, I am like that too.
FYP part 5- Hephaestus Systems Planning + Software learning + Modelling + Gantt Chart
To understand what to plan for, I would need to understand the nature of the project. As the task for completing a physical + mechanical project differed far from a virtual-screen-based project like games and visuals. There will be more restrictions in doing a physical project than virtual one due to the nature law of physic, material and cost.
Money Problems:
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Final Year Project Research & Process IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBnWpVH9-m8
During researching I came across this project who Laura Kampf the artist made this Happy Machine herself. It require an adult to cycle where the pivot point will cause the opposite carriage to turn. This simple mechanism I find it interesting that can be inspiration for my project.
However when I look in further, there are many issue such as safety Read more →
FYP part 4- Hephaestus Systems - Initial Concept Generation + Further Researches
continuation from the previous post, part 3 (Initial Project Brief, Specification, Moodboard & Researches),
Project update since the previous post, I decided to shift my focus of the project from ” To build a set of robots that help our FYP Show” to “To build a system that help our FYP show”. The Basic direction and everything is still the Read more →
[PDP] FYP Ideation Part 4
Exploring the ways to showcase family through the use of sewing. Using the gathered stories and interpret it through sewing an abstract image. Each story will be put together to form a big picture which are different. When the audience goes closer or touch the embroidery, the voices of the different people will be heard through a headphone.
Inspired by the Read more →
Final Year Project Research & Process III
After the research, I have I few direction where I can narrow and concentrate on.
Spreading of happiness? As it can brighten up people’s day and making someone happy. Ask people to live the moment? Sometimes it seems like we concentrate what is far away from us then the one close to us. As technology advance also divert our attenttion more on our mobile Read more →FYP Ideation II
In Singapore, a society that is shaped on the belief of meritocracy, the Ps – proving, pleasing, perfecting, performing are so overpowering that many of us land into the dark pit of self-doubt, a sense of not being good enough. Ever since infancy we’ve been trained to hide our natural expressions and also repress the negative but instead to put Read more →
Final Year Project Research & Process II
After last week consultation, I went on for a week observation of myself on things that made me happy in the everyday life.
Watching Facebook Video of Dogs After completed my Art History Presentation Going Exercise in the morning with my family A packet of Fries Though of new ideas for my interactive space project A gift from my friend Coincidentally saw my good friend Listening to music Read more →FYP Ideation – Update THREE
For my Fyp, I’m looking to simulate an immersive experience of isolation in an oppressive and terrifying environment. The story revolves around a man who wakes up in the middle of a facility, only to find that everything around him does not look right. I’m looking into lovecraftian or Eldritch horror-style survival genre that is explored in games like “amnesia” Read more →
Emergent Visions: Mobile AR by Tamiko Thiel
Day 2 of symposium after lunch kicked off with a jolly note when Kristy announced that the tour would end at a the Smoke & Mirrors bar that day. I was really tickled that everyone kept mentioning about cocktails after that!
Tamiko, the speaker for the session started off by sharing popular examples of VR before sharing about her work in Read more →