Urban Visuals » exhibits http://uvilab.com Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:06:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Science World Consumption Exhibit http://uvilab.com/2010/consumption-exhibit/ http://uvilab.com/2010/consumption-exhibit/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:46:30 +0000 Nathan http://uvilab.com/?p=738 As the centerpiece for the recently remodelled electricity exhibit, the Consumption Game that we built for Science world commands attention.

The goal of the game is to save electricity by turning off appliances as they display each of the 14 screens. It's a race against time as players run around the exhibit, hitting the buttons below each display to deactivate the appliance. Meanwhile the LED tube displays remaining electricity, and the screens on the central column display remaining electricity and elapsed time.

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As the centerpiece for the recently remodelled electricity exhibit, the Consumption Game that we built for Science world commands attention.  The goal of the game is to save electricity by turning off appliances as they display on the screens. It’s a race against time as players run around the exhibit, hitting the buttons below each display to deactivate the appliance. Meanwhile the LED tube displays remaining electricity, and the screens on the central column display remaining electricity and elapsed time.

This exhibit blends standard hands on game play with a digital component that allows for the game to be adjusted and updated with simple software changes. The software and media driven interface will allow us the ability to create a completely different game in the future, with minimal hardware changes.

The game was written using the Processing framework for Java. The exhibit uses a number of custom interface elements, including 14 Digitalview media players controlled by RS-232, 15 practically indestructible buttons to start the game and “turn off” appliances, and a custom acrylic LED column with 5 channels of RGB LEDs, all controlled by a Mac mini. Additionally, the unit can re controlled remotely and all system variables and timers can be configured over a web interface.

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In 2004 we were asked by Nike to design a presentation environment for the launch of the “Art of Speed” launch at the Coachella music festival near Palm Springs, California. This was no easy task, both the time line and general conditions of a festival setting posed extreme limitations on what we could execute on-site. Nike creative staff in Oregon had initially asked us for something akin to a wind tunnel with a floating presentation screen. As the process moved forward we submitted several sketches outlining initial design ideas. As the time line was incredibly short, we could fabricate very little and had to rely on readily available temporary structures such as marquee tents and trussing normally used by stage lighting designers. In our final round of the design process we were informed by the festival that only standard marquee tents were allowed to be used by any and all sponsors on site, including Nike.

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