In today's class we visited the AVL in the IT Building. I have actually been over there several times in my last three years at IUPUI, but it seems professor's keep finding it important to drag us back over there. Everything that was shown I have basicaly seen before and I admit, I was rather bored. I know some students found it really exciting, which for them it is great, but there was nothing new that I had not seen or learned about in previous classes.
The CAVE was interesting though. That I did kind of like. I can see if being used for numerous games if someone can get it augmented correctly. The first thing that crossed my mind was play The Sims with it. I can imagine interacting with other sims and and walking through a sims world. It would be really neat. Even playing games like Halo would be a stretch from the games we have now, as good as they are.
I was not too impressed with the large screen as I have seen it done is numerous movies and advertisements. It seems kind of outdated to me. The Smell machine I saw in it's huge honking box form so I was not too overly excited. The 3D tv was not very exciting either. I really expected to see new stuff that was not really accessible and was right off he market when this stuff has been around the last 5 years in all honesty.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Egg and Eye
Our first assignment in Seeing Sideways was to take an ordinary egg and do something with it. Well, not just something, I mean to say Anything. The idea was to take an egg and do whatever we wished with it. We had no rules or limitations, besides no soft or hard core pornography. Drats.
I used my own eggs strictly because I did not want bird poop wreaking havoc on my immune system. Gross. It took me awhile to figure out a concept. My original idea was to draw faces with a sharpie on several eggs and have them doing something funny, but then I thought about how rediculous it sounded and how many times it has been done before. Then I thought, what better way to come up with an idea than to pick a topic, a controversial topic. Abortion.
Why not, right? I mean it is a egg afterall and even humans produce eggs (even though they do not shoot out of our buttocks). I had to find a way to use the egg to suit this topic and make an impact. The first thing that came to mind was Blood. Everyone is impacted someway at the sight of blood.
I cracked the egg open and poured out the yoke, cleaned out the inside and then removed the sack so I just had the shell. I then took fake blood I got from the holloween store and squirted it everywhere and smeared it. I took the picture in wit the rule of thirds in mind so the most impact was made when viewed.
Here is the final result:
I used my own eggs strictly because I did not want bird poop wreaking havoc on my immune system. Gross. It took me awhile to figure out a concept. My original idea was to draw faces with a sharpie on several eggs and have them doing something funny, but then I thought about how rediculous it sounded and how many times it has been done before. Then I thought, what better way to come up with an idea than to pick a topic, a controversial topic. Abortion.
Why not, right? I mean it is a egg afterall and even humans produce eggs (even though they do not shoot out of our buttocks). I had to find a way to use the egg to suit this topic and make an impact. The first thing that came to mind was Blood. Everyone is impacted someway at the sight of blood.
I cracked the egg open and poured out the yoke, cleaned out the inside and then removed the sack so I just had the shell. I then took fake blood I got from the holloween store and squirted it everywhere and smeared it. I took the picture in wit the rule of thirds in mind so the most impact was made when viewed.
Here is the final result:
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Monday, August 23, 2010
See and Say and Do ad Talk and Laugh and what the BLEEP was that?
Oh boy, first day of class: Seeing Sideways. First off, let me explain why I am even taking this class. For the past three years of having Beth Lykins as a professor, I have been nagged into the deep end to take this course; and while I would love to give all the credit to this being the reason, it is not. This is hopefully my last year of college and I am in a 19 credit hour course load. I am also preparing for my Capstone in the Spring so I have that load as well which is a lot of work and intense mind melting. I felt like I really needed a course to draw my attention away, something that was not just work, but fun, to get me moving, to stimulate me outside my strict schedule.
I am quite pleased to say this may very well be it. Though, in all honesty, I did not expect a musical syllabi one bit, despite knowing what Beth is fully capable of. I think the assignments and the projects are really interesting and the act that no help is offered is a great thing to teach students. I already have great idea for the Final Project, something interactive, something to get peope outside the class involved in some creative. I won't dispell what it is though.
I'm looking forward to seeing the outcome of this class and the things I will produce outside my normal range of medium. I think if you cannot be creative in life, then you lose a part of yourself you were born with. It's not a priveledge to be created, it is a blessing.
I am quite pleased to say this may very well be it. Though, in all honesty, I did not expect a musical syllabi one bit, despite knowing what Beth is fully capable of. I think the assignments and the projects are really interesting and the act that no help is offered is a great thing to teach students. I already have great idea for the Final Project, something interactive, something to get peope outside the class involved in some creative. I won't dispell what it is though.
I'm looking forward to seeing the outcome of this class and the things I will produce outside my normal range of medium. I think if you cannot be creative in life, then you lose a part of yourself you were born with. It's not a priveledge to be created, it is a blessing.
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