Process:

During the implementation of the digital part, I wanted to have a digital camera taking photo of people’s expression as they view the dollhouse. I found it challenging to connect it to a screen and decided to use the computer screen as a way to view those images. I decided to use processing and arduino together where once a button is pressed a photo/ image is taken through a webcam. There were lots of trial and error where I tried using the mouse press before connecting to the arduino button to make it work.

 

Sound was using processing to trigger based on different rooms. However after much trying, I decided to go along with the alarm clock timing where I set the time based on real time clock and once it is the actual time, the sound which I recorded would play. At first I had 2 separate coding for sound and photo taken. Then I combined the 2 together as I realised that processing could only play one at a time.

 

The other digital factor is the led light. I wanted it to sense a person and the light will turn on by itself. When I tried it out, it was working via the computer but when connecting it again the sensor did not work out as I intended it to be. I decided to change it to a button instead.

 

I included a diy video projector for one of the rooms as it thought that the taking photo mechanics did not work out at first.


Changes:
From the feedback the previous time about the linear rows of the rooms which did not have dynamics, I decided to rearrange the rooms where people could explore the rooms in different ways. I had 2 boxes stacked one on top of the other, 3 boxes at the side which different ways of looking.


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