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Breathing is an everyday activity of the human body that is difficult to capture and perceive, and we will present numerical visualizations of the effects of breathing in different states of the human body.
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I think it would be more convincing and logical to have an information visualization chart in our outputs to aid the presentation of the project’s touch designer effects, a good project should tie the outputs together rather than make it an island of isolation.
For the next additions to the project process, I think we can refer to the following flow
“Breathing Blossoms”: An Immersive Meditation Installation
1. Concept & Inspiration
“Breathing Blossoms” is an interactive installation that explores the energy exchange between human breath and nature. Just as plants release oxygen and humans inhale it, this project visualizes breath through digital flowers that bloom and fade based on breathing patterns. It serves as a meditative tool, helping participants become more aware of their breath and enter a state of relaxation.
2. Interaction & Design
The installation consists of a digital visualization (TouchDesigner) and a physical setup. On the screen, flowers respond to breath—deep breaths create richer colors, longer breaths generate more flowers, forming an organic visual rhythm. The physical installation features static plastic flowers and a lung-shaped structure, which symbolize human respiration. While the flowers are currently static, future versions may integrate small motors or air pumps to enhance physical interactivity.
3. User Experience
Participants engage with the installation by focusing on their breathing. As they inhale and exhale, they witness their breath manifest as blooming flowers on the screen, reinforcing mindfulness. The ambient lighting and soft sounds further enhance the meditative experience, creating a calming and immersive atmosphere.
The installation has potential for upgrades, including: 1.Small motors to make flowers physically open and close.2.Airflow mechanisms to simulate lung expansion and contraction.3.Light projections that change intensity based on breath.
“Breathing Blossoms” bridges technology, nature, and human awareness. By making breath visible, it encourages mindfulness and self-awareness. Even in its current static form, the combination of digital interaction, physical presence, and atmospheric effects creates a deeply immersive meditation experience. Future iterations will further expand its interactive potential, allowing users to connect with their breath in an even more tangible way.
As a healing project, I think there are a few things we need to add to our research and design proposal.
At this stage we lacked first-hand research to support our practical research, so I suggested that we set out together to find different audiences around campus to participate in the questionnaire for our project.
For the design of the healing room, we should add several aspects such as audience, user profile and healing effect.
Starting from the five senses of the human body, sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell, we should focus on visual, auditory and visual communication design, and sound healing design.
The rest of the three senses should be used as healing aids, and should be synchronized and complemented in the installation design.
In the later stages of the flower installation, I will incorporate the experimental installation art expressions that I have already tried in my undergraduate studies.
Based on this experience, I suggested to the team leader that we could make reference to the practical and inexpensive materials used in previous projects to prepare the installation art materials for the project.
I will use the following materials to aid in the expression:
1. Hot melt glue gun
2. plastic bottles
3. resin/uv glue
4. Hot air gun
5. food coloring
In practice, we should pay attention to controlling the heating time of the plastic and the way it is heated, and controlling the plasticity of the plastic sheet.
By combining the resin and the plastic sheet, we will be able to express our device in a more refined way.
After integrating the materials necessary for the expression, we combine them with technology.
The testing for Ultrasonic sensor, Temperature and Humidity sensor and Arduino PIR Motion Sensor.
Li Lyu and Can Huang borrowed some sensors from the book it centre and conducted a series of tests based on the existing sensors. In addition, we summarized the list of required materials by analyzing the existing technologies of the project:
1. Ultrasonic sensor test
Tester: Can Huang, Li Lyu
Test time: 2/3
Test materials: Ultrasonic sensors
Test results: In this test, we successfully connected the ultrasonic sensor to the UNO board and uploaded the code through Arduino software. After inspection, the code runs smoothly, and the serial monitor successfully displays data changes, indicating that the sensor can work normally and feed back the measurement data in real time. The test results show that there are no obvious problems in hardware connection, code writing and data reading, and the feasibility of the system is preliminarily verified.
2. Temperature and Humidity sensor
Tester: Lu Li, Huang Can
Test time: 2/6
Test materials: Temperature and Humidity sensor，10K resistor, Uno board, bread board
Test result: In this test, DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor is connected to Arduino UNO board, and VCC(5V) and SIG(2) are connected in series through 10kΩ pull-up resistor.
1. The initial code could not run because the DHT11 sensor library was not installed. The problem was resolved after installation.
2. After the code is uploaded, it is found that an additional pull resistor is needed to ensure that the data is read successfully, and the code runs normally after the addition.
3. The serial monitor successfully obtained data, but only detected distance data, and the temperature data did not change.
For future improvements, we need to further examine the code and sensor connections to ensure that the temperature data is read correctly.
And check the possible hardware or software problems to ensure the smooth completion of the experiment.
3. Arduino PIR Motion Sensor
Tester: Li Lyu, Can Huang
Test time: 2/6
Test material: Arduino PIR Motion Sensor, uno board
Test results:
In this test, we use the Arduino HC-SR501 PIR Sensor to connect with the Arduino UNO board and upload the code. When the code runs successfully, the serial monitor can normally detect data changes, and the HC-SR501 sensor can identify data changes when people move, and the function is basically normal, but in some cases, the sensor is not sensitive enough, and there is a delay or failure to detect in time.
Further adjustment of sensor parameters or the environment is required to improve the detection sensitivity.
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