2009-03-08T19:11:41Z tag:,2009:: USC Interactive Media Division 2009-03-08T19:11:41Z 2009-03-08T18:50:00Z tag:,2009-03-08:interactive.usc.edu/members/sfisher:14 2009-03-08T18:50:00Z

sfisher http://interactive.usc.edu/members/sfisher , CTIN 511

Presenters: 2nd Year MFA students in CTIN 542 and CTIN 548
Time: Wednesday, March 11, 6pm-8pm
Location: USC's Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (RZC),
Room 201 Zemeckis Media Lab (ZML)

Title: " Shake Rattle and Roll - CTIN 542,548 Second Year MFA Combined One-Week Interactive Design Project, Spring 2009"

Instructors/Jurors: Mark Bolas, Perry Hoberman, Steve Anderson.

The Challenge: Keyboards contain the arms, wrists, hands and fingers to slight taps along a tiny plane. Mice confine the entire body to slight motions along a plane – reducing intent to inches. Screens constrain our backs, necks, and heads into Nixon-esque postures – eyes fixed forward, shoulders slumped. It is time to break free from the bondage of our systems and engage our bodies in the interaction. It is time to Shake, Rattle and Roll!

Your assignment is to conceive of, design, and produce an interactive experience in which the body is not a mere spectator, but a central element of the experience. The experience should engage the body and be one or more of the following: surprising, shocking, bewildering, addictive, amazing, exquisite, thoughtful, provocative. Students are to incorporate the box, in some way, to create an interactive experience that transpires in between .002 to 200 seconds. Engagement is a two-way street – we move, speak and sweat while we also hear, see, feel, touch and smell. Think in terms of the whole body, and a full range of sensory possibilities.
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pweil http://interactive.usc.edu/members/peggy WEEK 14: Thursday, April 24th 12-2+
Jack McMahan
Ethan Kennerly
Andrea Rodriguez
Andre Clark
Maya Churi

Week 15: Thursday, May 1st 12-2+
Jamie Antonisse
Diana Hughes
John Brennan
RJ Layton
Al Yang
Mike Rossmassler



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mchuri http://interactive.usc.edu/members/mchuri/
The goal of my thesis is to create a multi-sensory experience in which the participant can understand/percieve/feel what it is to be another living thing. Essentially becoming/transforming into the other.

Through the Storied Experience participants can learn, sense and eventually come to understand what it feels like to perceive the world from the other’s perspective. In the simplest terms, I would like to explore how we can use advanced technology as well as simple science to create a layered experience that gives us the impression that we, as well as our senses, have changed.

The participant will be given visual, auditory and tactile cues based on the cognitive understanding and instinct of the chosen entity. Perhaps gesture can play a part as well. (Scope - TBD).

Thoughts...we can't change our mass but we do have materials at our disposal that can give the perception that our mass has changed. Oobleck, for example, can easily give the perception of walking on water - much like the Basilisk Lizard can.

How does story work its way into this understanding?
How can story enhance perception? And, when working in tandem can story and perception create a uniquely rich and profound experience.

In the case of this thesis the perspective will be of either a crow or a tree. Why a crow and why a tree? They are both characters in the children's story I am writing - which is an integral part of the project. But, my goal is to create a format or structure by which the methods used to create the experience could be used for any living thing.

Some questions:
How does affordance work its way into this?
How do I articulate the affordances of a crow or a tree?
How do I differentiate between anthropomorphism and science in this context?
Do I have to differentiate?
Does the integration of story lend itself solely to anthropomorphism?

American Heritage Dictionary – Anthropomorphism – Attribution of human motivation, charactersitcs, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals or natural phenomena.

Does the project have to be untainted by anthropmorphism…can anthropmorphism be attributed on some level to human instinct – why is it given so little voice?

A bird ascribed human charactersitcs or a human ascribed bird characteristics…maybe we just have similar characteristics.

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aclark http://interactive.usc.edu/members/aclark

Give yourself a break and come play with us! Enjoy some fun games out in the grass just like the old days.

When: 6:00pm, Thursday, April 17, 2008

Who: Anyone and everyone

Where: Grass area near Doheny Library (we will be walking from the ZML, so if you want to meet there first, you are welcome to walk with the group.)

Duration: 20 minutes

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jbrennan http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jbrennan/ 2008-04-05T12:31:40Z 2008-04-05T12:26:58Z tag:,2008-04-05:interactive.usc.edu/members/peggy:15 2008-04-05T12:26:58Z

pweil http://interactive.usc.edu/members/peggy Thesis Prep Presentation Outline
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pweil http://interactive.usc.edu/members/peggy Download file
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jantonisse http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jantonisse/ , AcademiteThe Cache recent entry, I described the events that led me to re-evaluate the underlying gameplay mechanics of The Cache.

After this soul-searching, I went back to the drawing board, looking for new fundamental game paradigms that could bring out the strengths of the Cache. Strategy? No. Rhythm? No. Action? Clearly, no. Puzzle? That had always held the most immediate possibilities for this form. I dug a little deeper this time, however, and found another paradigm, a cousin (nephew? son?) of the puzzle that I thought held some rich possibilities.

I started looking at The Maze.

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rjlayton http://interactive.usc.edu/members/rjlayton/ , 548 - Thesis Prep 2008-03-29T11:51:54Z 2008-03-29T11:51:22Z tag:,2008-03-29:interactive.usc.edu/members/peggy:15 2008-03-29T11:51:22Z

pweil http://interactive.usc.edu/members/peggy 4/3 Week 11 Workshop 2
4/10 Week 12 Workshop 3
4/17 Week 13 OPEN: Proposal Drafts DUE
4/24 Week 14 Presentation 1
5/1 Week 15 13Presentation 2
TUESDAY MAY 6th: Final Proposals Due
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