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By The Way (Final)
by Clara, Katie, WanQing
Overview
By The Way is an interactive city guide with live news, weather updates and other interesting features like curated point of interests.
Through surveys conducted, it is revealed that train rides are unappealing. Hence, to enhance the train ride experience, By The Way not only seeks to provide commuters a unique experience every time commuters board on Read more →
Garden | City [Final]
Garden | City
by NIK, MARTIN and HENGTONG
(FINAL PROJECT)
overview
‘Garden | City’ is a screen-based installation that draws human interaction. Based on a disjoint in Singapore residents with Nature.
In a bid to industrialise Singapore, more than 95 per cent of land has been cleared for architectures. What results is the destruction of natural habitats, in flora and fauna, Read more →
Final presentation Monday 14-11-16 - DiverCITY
Today’s presentation material (Hanna, Jonathan, Timothy) Monday 14-11-16
Short film “DiverCITY”
https://youtu.be/wveYwiegn1Y
Presentation slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FUbizAVTIDAjje9yzyDfvUlMthIXVK5o3kt4GjxTj4o/edit?usp=sharing
DiverCity
We did lots of work towards our final project these past two weeks!
Visuals
I created photoshopped scenes so that our concept is more visually understandable.
Firstly I made one for the Deepavali theme as this is our main focus, and a relevant event as it occurred just recently. These images are to highlight how people could interact with the projection (by touching the Read more →
Progress
By The Way
A project to design an interactive city guide in our MRTs.
Interface Design (Draft)
Main Screen:
Interactive landmarks and pop-up pins for point of interest.
Individual Tab Screen:
Opens up when user taps on the landmarks on the main map.
Top Screen:
Permanent banner that shows news headlines, weather forecasts and upcoming station.
First look (non-peak hour) :
During peak hours, top banner will Read more →
Progress
We had a meeting and sorted through the film footage and stills and created a storyboard of how we want the video to go.
From this we decided which images/video would go where and also produced a script of the different scenes to show which text will be visible on screen as well as give a description as to what Read more →
WK 10 - Feedback on project & next step
At this weeks’ lecture we presented the idea about bringing local culture into the MRT.
Feedback & considerations according to the project:
How do we secure people move through the areas with out any obstructions? Bringing in interactive screens can counteract how people move through space Need to specify areas to the client (MRT operators, government) Might be a challenge with motion sensors when there Read more →
(10) Depreciation of the World - PROGRESS (2)
DEPRECIATION OF THE WORLD
by NIK, MARTIN and HENGTONG
(II)
Research
Consist of wildlife in Singapore. Research is based upon Endangered animals and Types of trees. Majority of animal wildlife consists of marine / entomological organisms while Land animals are constricted to a few.
CONSIDERATIONS
Notable animals = Green Emperor Pigeons/ Banded Leaf Monkeys/ Mouse deer/ Sunda Pangolin/ Leopard Cats. More research to follow.
Notable trees = Rain Read more →
(10) Depreciation of the World - PROGRESS (1)
DEPRECIATION OF THE WORLD
by NIK, MARTIN and HENGTONG
(I)
THEME
Based upon the common themes of the 3 projects merged into 1:
Dying Culture | Endangered Environment | Extinct Animals
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A Window to another Realm.
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DEPRECIATION of the WORLD
CONTEXT
Depletion of animals in Singapore due to constant emergence of buildings and Read more →
Week 10 Final Project Progress 1
Next steps:
Find out what do people want from city guide? What kind of content/ways to present the contents to engage people? How the design could incorporate various demographics? Consider the Read more →