Preparation
In the days leading up to our highly anticipated presentation, our team faced a distinctive challenge: the creation of a tablet stand in the form of a tree. This particular design held significant importance, as it represented the underlying principles and themes of our project.
Working meticulously we ensured that the tree-shaped tablet stand was not only structurally stable but also visually additive to our project’s core values.
Upon completion of the tablet stand, our focus shifted to the essential stage of preparing the presentation venue. The day prior to the event, we convened in room CC02 to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the equipment and facilities. Our objective was to create an optimal setting that would facilitate a professional, academically rigorous presentation that would engage audience.
During this process, we tested out aspects of the room setup, including the audio system, visual displays, or interactive elements. We devoted considerable attention to ensuring that every detail was adjusted as needed, aiming to provide a seamless experience for our audience.
Presentation
One of the key components of our exhibition was a series of video sequences, which demonstrated the potential evolution of various plant species in the future, utilizing advanced artificial intelligence algorithms. These fascinating visuals offered a unique glimpse into how plants might adapt and grow over time, considering current environmental and biological factors.
To make the experience more engaging and immersive for our audience, we created a user-friendly control panel with a range of settings that allowed attendees to personalize the visual display of the plants’ evolutionary journey. This interactive feature encouraged viewers to dive deeper into the subject matter, sparking their curiosity and fostering a better understanding of the complexities involved.
The control panel included several adjustable settings such as speed, hue, rotation, brightness, gamma, and contrast. These options enabled users to tweak the video sequences to their liking, resulting in a customized viewing experience. For example, adjusting the speed allowed attendees to control the rate at which the plants evolved on screen, while changes to the hue, brightness, and contrast offered various visual interpretations of the plants’ evolutionary paths.
Feedback and possible improvements
After presenting our project and receiving feedback, we’ve taken the time to reflect on the key areas where we can improve. As we move forward, we’d like to address these points to create a more cohesive, engaging, and immersive experience for our audience:
- Create a more cohesive experience by connecting the different components and presenting them as a single experience. This can be achieved through better signposting, creating a narrative, or showing more intention in the presentation.
- Focus on conveying a clear message about your chosen theme and make sure that all components contribute to this message.
- Enhance the AI video and Max/MSP musical portion by introducing interactivity between the two, creating a more immersive audio experience.
- Improve the Max/MSP musical patch by adding more variation, timbral and dynamic range, and possibly interactivity.
- Enhance the Leap Motion/Looking Glass piece by connecting it to the Max patch and creating a more interactive sonic component.
- Tie all components into the same sonic landscape to create a unified experience.
- Improve user experience by refining or signposting interactive gestures and ensuring the piece can speak for itself without requiring explanation.
- Solve issues with the iPads and TV screen components
