Week 8: In Class Exercise

Given these application:

Email, Twitter, Super Mario Bros (the plat-former game)

1. Come up with at least 5 different physical interactions for each.

2. What are the elements/controls of each application that would afford an alternative interaction method?

3. How would you map the interactions onto/into physical objects/actions?

Email

1. A scan device that able to scan the work place and transmit it into a digital form, and project email form others.

2. A work place that enable user to write their message/email or even draw graphic/image or place items that want to scan to compose the email.

3. A typical rubbish can to throw unwanted email.

4. Send email by pressing the button on the scan device.

5. The scan device include a speaker to notice user there's a new email came in.

Twitter

1. A device to enable voice recognition that post voice tweet.

2. A device that having projection function that project tweet message on desired place while user press it.

3. The device include built in speaker to read desired tweet by voice command from user.

4. A camera to record video and post video tweet.

5. A unique button which separate from the device to delete tweet.

Super mario brother

1. A camera to scan player gesture to perform skill.

2. A track mill if player wan to move around.

3. Voice recognition device to accept some basic command such as pause, stop, start.

4. Wearable device that able to detect user heart rate and calories used.

5.  A monitor to show the game.