Unfortunately work really got in the way of my third prototype, however something came to mind that really stuck with me. Perhaps I am over complicating my project. It may be more beneficial to simplify things to improve the user experience and still keep my project in the same realm. The change I have been … Continue reading “Pat O’Callaghan Prototype 3”
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Pat O’Callaghan Prototype 2 Review
My second prototype shifted from my initial plans after receiving some of the feedback from the first prototype. For this prototype I decided to work more on how the camera will be implemented into the project in ways that wont hinder the experience. I came up with a couple of different ideas on where to … Continue reading “Pat O’Callaghan Prototype 2 Review”
Prototype Plan
The focus of my prototypes I am going to do for this project are to work through a couple of different aspects of my project. The first aspect I will be putting my focus into is the overall design of how the program/ application will work in terms of the interface and the setup process, … Continue reading “Prototype Plan”
Pat O’Callaghan Prototype 1 review
For my first prototype I created a series of sketches to show the steps of how I intend for my project to work and a rough version of the user interface. This was done with the intention of learning if my thought process was clear enough and to determine if there were any major design … Continue reading “Pat O’Callaghan Prototype 1 review”
Pat O Research update 2
My meeting with Professor Ault provided some helpful feedback on other routes to take a look at and new things to consider about my project and what I should be researching. On the research side for this week, following a suggestion from Professor Ault, I looked into web based AR. Web AR is augmented reality … Continue reading “Pat O Research update 2”
Pat’s research update Part 1
For my research this week I wanted to start to identify what programs might fit best for my intended project. Originally I was looking into ARKit, which is an Augmented Reality developer kit from apple. However, while I was reading through their page, I saw that it is supported by UNITY so i decided to … Continue reading “Pat’s research update Part 1”
Pat – Research Plan
How did we get to where we are today, to what constitutes the state-of-the-art? Lego as we know them have been around since the 1950’s, and aside from the introduction of new styles of bricks and the implementations they have remained relatively unchanged in their use and abilities. Lego Mindstorms were introduced in 1998, and … Continue reading “Pat – Research Plan”
Pat – Final Concept
My project is to use augmented reality in combination with Lego to work on a mixed reality interaction between the two to explore new ways to play in both a physical and virtual space. The inspiration for this project came from a couple of places for me. When I was younger I originally wanted to … Continue reading “Pat – Final Concept”
Pat O’Callaghan Revised Idea
After some reflection on the feedback both from in class and from the comments here on the blog, I have decided to start to look into Lego AR a little more in depth. Lego has made use of AR in a couple of different ways already. In some Lego stores they have a terminal that … Continue reading “Pat O’Callaghan Revised Idea”
Pat O’Callaghan Thesis Ideas
So far when considering what tools and skills I currently have at my disposal, these are some of the ideas that I think would would be an interesting challenge for a thesis project. While one of these feels a little more comfortable and in my wheel house the other two would require me to expand … Continue reading “Pat O’Callaghan Thesis Ideas”