As computing becomes more ubiquitous in our objects, designers need to be more aware of how to design meaningful interactions into electronically enhanced objects. At the University of Washington, a class of junior Interaction Design majors is exploring this question. These pages chronicle their efforts.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Assignment 1: Sheema and Claire's Plasma Color Effect

For the first assignment, we chose to focus on modifying the Plasma effect because in the original file, the user could not do anything to control the animation. This gave us an opportunity to incorporate interesting new inputs. Through our modification the animation responds to the cursor as the user moves it across the screen.  By clicking the user can shift the colors of the animation from a cool color palette to a warm one. Using the up and down keys the user can multiply or reduce the number of organic shapes on the screen. All of these commands can be used simultaneously to create interesting new visual outputs, allowing for a more exciting user experience.

Click here to download our zip file.

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