Personal Thoughts:
To be honest, I haven't prepared as much as I'd like to due to my enthusiasm for perfecting my slides for my other class. Anyway, the more I researched, the less confident I am with my idea. Everything seemed to be done already! Felt like my idea just seems like a drop into a pool of common and boring ideas that have no mind-blowing practicality.
I was actually quite distressed after the consultation, thinking of scratching the whole idea of Wearable Media. I personally felt like this form of media is so so young and naive, it feels more of a transition to other technology rather than a technology itself. It's oh so limiting! Or.. I might just have a surprisingly conventional unimaginative brain. (continues to beat myself up)
I tried to 'heal' the concept with adding new features, like by including a rhythmic game, competition, projection mapping and what not til it became one large bundle of confused mess.
Also, I think the reasons why I'm doing this is because I could feel the shallowness and distaste of the idea, about how I'm actually encouraging people to party all night at Raves and what not. I tried to compensate that by creating something that would 'enhance' their partying experience. Would I really want that?
Out of desperation, I even thought of realizing THIS concept.
Okay more honesty over here, I actually wanted to execute Wearable media because I wanted to get the ROI on the Adafruit Flora board I worked for. This might be the main reason I'm in this bottomless pit of confusion. I really love the technology and the interactivity, but as I mentioned, it. is.so.limiting. (At least for me and my knowledge of ever executing a finished, marketable product)
My problem is: I'm overly ambitious.
Should I scratch it?
ANYWAY,
Consultation:
Today was my second consultation with Sweii and Jazmi. I started to talk to Jazmi about the technicalities of Flash/Resolume and such. Was told that hit sensors are not reliable and that Flash could not connect to Resolume.
I discussed that my product would be used outdoors and for thousands of people in a large scale. But of course, for the final presentation my product would be way smaller in scale.
Here's of an example of a simpler version of my project.
Xyloband is a technology that was created for integration into Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto live shows by fan Jason Regler. These flashing LED wristbands are controlled by proprietary software and radio transmitter frequency to control the wristbands up to 328 yards away. The wristbands each have a tiny receiver that allows data from the laptop to communicate when and how to flash.
I basically just want to put in more interaction into this low cost tech 'wristband'. Here's the link:
http://www.xylobands.com/
It's like 70% the same. Time to do some major scratching.
Actions:
- Create a clear document, listing all my objectives, ideas, concepts and elements.
- Research on the market. Why must the current wearable media be linked to phones? Are buyers not ready for it yet?
- Explore more research papers by (suggested) MIT Media Lab/KEIO Uni
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