Week 11

It's almost presentation day! Next Friday will either make me or break me.. just kidding.. I'll somehow survive.

Since last week I've been trying to finalise what I will be presenting at my presentation as well as the exhibition which will be open to the public. 

My deliverables will be:
  • A prototyped Citimap app
  • A promotional video
  • A physical experience video and audio recording
  • 2 boards that represent the sighted user and the visually impaired user and how the navigation system works for both


I have been going back and forth between what the physical experience will be.. My initial idea was to blindfold a person and have something guide them around the room, either using an Arduino or else have someone give instructions through a phone call, walkie talkie etc. Then the idea changed to using binaural microphones which record sound with the intent of creating a 3D experience. So I would go out and record the sound of me walking down a street, at the same time I would be recording a video of it too. I will then overlay different sound effects and directions like a visually impaired user would experience using the app. In the exhibition a visitor will be asked to put on a pair of earphones to listen to the sound and watch the video to get a sense of what the visually impaired user would feel when using the app and navigation system.

The promo video is pretty much self explained. It's very much like what we did before in the Peggit project and EEK, a video that goes through a short use case/ story of how Citimap is used, what it does and how it works.

The 2 boards are to explain how each user interacts with the system and how it works and to give a background to the story for the visitors to see.

                        

The prototyped app is to feature in the promo video as well as have on the table for the exhibition. This will be for visitors to click through and would help imagine what it feels like to use it. I've been digitising the app using Sketch and have started creating a clickthrough prototype using Principle (which hasn't been the easiest to use for me for some reason) but it's being created and is slowly coming to life.

Filming was meant to be started today but mother nature AKA the rain decided today wasn't the day to start filming so I am trying to work very hard around that and get other things done like an updated blog post.. I've also been working on the video script and the app prototype.


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