Self Directed - Ipod Touch

I recently purchased on of these and I have to say that it is one of the best purchases I have made. I love how interactive and unique the user interface is. Also for gaming it is not half bad. I like the unique controls and some of the applications that you get for it. It is like a smaller version of the interface that Jeff Han developed.

Self Directed - April Fools

This was an April Fools joke developed by Microsoft as a new take on Guitar Hero. Using an Alphorn instead of a guitar and you have to yodel instead of singing.

Self Directed - Sci Fi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVBzx0LMNQ

Some of the ideas displayed in Sci Fi films and novels can be a infulence to what is the next step for technology. This is a clip from a film called Minority Report staring Tom Cruse and it shows a very interecting take on a user interface

Self Directed - Interface Free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhMVNdplJc

this is a link to a video from TED Talks of a research scientist Jeff Han's invention of a multi touch point interface.

Self Directed Project - Mind Control

The guitarist in my band is a bit of a computer wiz and he managed to get himself a head set that uses brain power to control the computer. You have to link commands to differnt word and emotions so all you have to do it think of the word and emotion and the computer will carry out the commands.

Self Directed Project - Future is Service

This is a link to a preview to the new gaming service called OnLive
http://pc.ign.com/articles/965/965535p1.html

Self Directed Project - The Next Step

For the last half of 3rd year, we had a choice to make between another client driven project or a self directed project. I chose the self directed because i wanted to get some preperation for my final year. In this project the underline theme that i chose was the reationship between function and form, which is directed to an area of my intrest which is computer gaming. I have been looking at the evolution of computer gaming and also the way that people interact with games. I hope to try and develop a design solution that will predict the next stage in gaming as my final out put.