Vincent – Augmented Reality Project

by | Sep 9, 2015 |

Vincent – Augmented Reality Project Video presentation of the augmented reality project for the Creative Technology Master – Middlesex University/London. Softwares: Blender 3D and Unity. Credits: Carol Sant’anna Matteo Becalli     Small Object of Delight Project (SOD) Technical inspiration For what concerns technical inspiration, the first idea has to be connected with the animation movie Wall-E. In this movie, a robot that can’t properly speak and have no real facial expression – except for the eyes – expresses his emotions through actions and other associations with the world around him. Whenever he is afraid he transforms himself into a box or when he is sad he just angles his camera-eyes to fit the natural sad expression. This movie shows how not human-like characters or humanized characters can interact and express emotions in a way that the user can easily understand and identify itself with it.Wall-e The second inspiration is a project made in the School of Design at the Victoria University of Wellington, by two students. The project is called Pinokio, and it’s a lamp modified with servo motors, programmed arduino and processing that follows the user and interacts with it in a way that is completely “natural” for a lamp. Pinokio doesn’t want to be put to sleep or switched off, he plays with the user and tries to catch its attention. The third inspiration is a character known by every office users, his name is “Clippy” and it’s an annoying clip character that is presented as the Office suite assistant in the Microsoft software. Although it was criticized by users and Microsoft employees, Clippy was initially cancelled from...