All the projects I worked on during my first three semesters at NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP). If you like any of these ideas and want to hear more about it or help develop it further, please feel free to reach out to me.

1. EDSON SOARES
ITP NYU RETROSPECTIVE
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2. BREAKING IN
Custom made for
a 120-feet long
wide screen,
Breaking in is a
short movie about
giving up your
own prejudice
and embracing
your true self

3. BREAKING IN
Screen dimensions in pixels with specifications of the three columns that covers part of the huge canvas
Screening at IAC’s building, NY

4. BREAKING IN
Still frames

5. BREAKING IN
Link: Watch preview
Classes:
Big Screens
Tags:
Film, Live action, Public
spaces, Storyboard, Black
Magic camera, Big screens
Skills practiced:
Filming,
Directing,
Editing,
Stitching,
Production,
Visual research
Status: Finished
Screened at Big Screens 2016
In collaboration with Namira Abdulgani

6. COMMUNION
A 360º documentary and installation, Communion invites users to
peek at families formed by same sex couples during dinner time.

7. COMMUNION
Mishas (yes, both have the same name) and their three adopted children Users watch the piece during ITP Winter show 2016

8. COMMUNION
Classes:
In Their Shoes
Tags:
Documentary, VR, 360º Video,
Go Pro, Installation, Gay,
Parenting
Skills practiced:
360º Filming, Stitching,
Editing.
Status: Finished
In collaboration with Yifan Hu, Namira Abdulgani
ITP Winter show 2015

9. SOLAR MAN
A social performance intended to reflect upon the sources of the
energy we constantly consume.
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10. SOLAR MAN

11. Link: watch the video.
Classes:
Energy
Tags:
Solar panels, Circuits,
Performance, Street art,
Public spaces
Skills practiced:
Electric Circuits,
Costume Design,
Performance
Status: Finished
Two public appearances
SOLAR MAN
In collaboration with Oryan Inbar
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12. mixgogo
LISTEN BEFORE YOU GO.
WELCOME TO
MIXGOGO
A music “dating” app
that allow users to
preview the sounds
of events happening
in the city they live or
are visiting

13. MIXGOGO
Wireframes
Mockups

14. MIXGOGO
Business Model evolution over 5 days of iterations and interviews
with potential clients and partners

15. MIXGOGO
Classes:
Dynamic Web Server,
5 Days Lean Launchpad,
Data Personalization
Tags:
App, Service, Startup, Business
Model, User Research.
Skills practiced:
Customer Discovery, User
Research, UX, Javascript,
Node.js, Express, Bootstrap,
HTML, CSS, Business Model
Canvas
Status: Proof of concept
Business Model Canvas
Partially functional prototype
In collaboration with Namira Abdulgani

16. DISCONTROL
Imagined for
house parties,
Discontrol is an
interactive disco
ball controlled by
a glove endowed
with sensors

17. Made as part of the course Physical Computing at NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program, Discontrol is a prototype which circuit includes an
arrduino, a motor shiel, a stepper motor, and two LED strips. It was imagined as a device for house parties and amateur DJs.

18. DISCONTROL
Classes:
Physical Computing
Tags:
Skills practiced:
Electric Circuits,
Programming with arduino,
Neopixels, Motors,
Motorshield, Lasercutting
Status: Finished
ITP Winter Show 2014
Installation, Playful systems,
Lights, Motors

19. VOGAME
Vogame invites players to follow the steps of a fierce Voguing dancer.

20. Incentive texts overlayed set the tone of voice.Player has to match its silhouette with one from the dancer.
VOGAME

21. VOGAME

22. VOGAME
Classes:
Intro to Computational Media
Skills practiced:
Processing, Drawing with
Pixels, Kinect
FilmingStatus: Proof of Concept
Partially Functional prototype
Game, Creative Coding,
Installation, Playful systems,
Dance
Tags:

23. LIGHT ROPE
A jump rope that lights
up powered by the
jumping kinetic energy.

24. LIGHT ROPE

25. LIGHT ROPE
Classes:
Energy
Tags:
Toy, Kids, Movement
Skills practiced:
Analog Circuit, Fabrication,
3D printing
Status: Proof of concept
Piecing it together TBD
In collaboration with Magdalena KovarickFunctional circuit

26. BLACK BEACH
A mindfulness exercise in the shape of an animation of water
movements at the beach, triggered by a physical shell.

27. BLACK BEACH
3D printed shell endowed with a Yun and light sensor triggers the waves animation
Seashell resonance inspired the interaction on the project

28. BLACK BEACH
Classes:
Nature of Code
Skills practiced:
Processing, Sine waves,
Animation, 3d Printing,
Wireless, Arduino YunStatus: Proof of Concept
Unfinished physical object and
Wireless connectivity
Installation, Creative Coding,
Animation, Meditation,
Mindfulness
Tags:
BLACK BEACH

29. HIM
Named from the
acronym of “How
I Meet”, HIM is
collective
storytelling's
platform for
sharing the
histories of how
we meet our
dearest ones.
Frontpage

30. Wireframes
HIM

31. HIM
Classes:
Networked Media
Skills practiced:
Database, Javascript, JSON,
Servi.js, HTML, CSS
Status: Finished
Functional prototype
Web, Blogging, Community,
app, Storytelling
Tags:

32. RITUALS
A performance
that addresses
the rite of
passage, mixing
tribal references
with abstract
projections

33. RITAULS

34. RITUALS
Classes:
Drawing on Everything
Skills practiced:
Storytelling, Performing,
Improv, Visual research
Status: finished
Performed at MOMI
Performance, Rituals, Lights,
Projection, Body painting
Tags:
In collaboration with Sergio Mora-Diaz

35. SOLAR TIMELAPSE
A low energy camera that takes pictures periodically.

36. SOLAR TIMELAPSE
Example of pictures generatedCircuit prototype

37. SOLAR TIMELAPSE
Classes:
Energy
Skills practiced:
Electric Circuits, Physical
Computing, Arduino Mini
Status: finished
Functional prototype
Solar Energy, Photography,
Timelapse, Data logger
Tags:
In collaboration with Oryan Inbar

38. EDSON SOARES
314 S 3rd St, apt 26
ZIP 11211
Brooklyn- NY
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