week 2

Week 2:

Exercise:

Design a mixed/augmented reality prototype:

I often get engrossed in doing things at my computer, and I'll take plates of food and cups of coffee into my room, then forget to take them back to the kitchen.
A program on my computer that could access my webcam to see how messy my desk is, and give me alerts to clean things away when mess starts to build up would be useful.
The program could be given a starting 'default clean' image of the desk, at the level of clutter I'm comfortable having it at, and then be able to give more frequent and urgent alerts the messier the desk became. It could also detect what I'm doing on the computer, and time alerts to be when I'm switching between tasks (like, give an alert as soon as a youtube video ends, or a game closes). The prototype could also recognise how long a mug or plate had been at the desk for, and determine whether I'm likely to still be using it. (So it shouldn't give alerts for a mug thats been there for 1-2 minutes, but after 5-10 minutes start giving reminders).


Thoughts on prototype to make:

So far haven't had too many more ideas, though I've been thinking a little bit. The space invaders/guess who idea is still the one I think I'll be most likely to do...
I have had a start of a thought though, for an 'improving every day life' prototype. An 'impatience thermometer', a device that you wear on your shirt that displays how impatient you are at the moment to other people. It would make it easy for people to see if it would be a good idea to bother you at the moment or not. It could measure things like tapping you fingers on your leg, how fast you walk, etc to determine the output to display. I don't know if it would work that well, but I'm going to think about it more over the week.