NM2216 Presentation DW5 Group 3 Culture

1. DW5 . Grp 3 Trixie . Davina . Edmund . Jayne . Vsailiy

2. Overview
Technology Description
A LED screen, mounted
with a motion sensitive
camera, which displays
interactive videos of
Singapore’s cultural
heritage.

3. Overview
Reasons
What it should help with? Why it is important?
• Making learning culture • Culture is seen to be dry and boring
attractive to everyone, • Valuable cultural history is lost with
especially children each generation
What impact should
this technology have?
• Ability to gain users attention.
• Communication of information
becomes more effective
• Allows users to be “involved” in
history through direct
interaction

4. Problem Statement
People
Target Group
• Mainly young children
Reasons
• More receptive to
learning
• Easier to inculcate with
cultural knowledge
• More attracted to visual,
audio, moving images

5. Problem Statement
Activities
Goal Reason
Learn about cultural history Children learn more effectively when they
by virtually experiencing it are directly involved
Activity
Take pictures, record
videos and play.
Task
Interaction with the
interface/ technology
Movements in front of the
screen

6. Problem Statement
Location Context
• National Museum
Technology
• LED screen
• Motion sensing camera
• Buttons to choose options
• Interactive sticks
Social
• School excursions
• Family outings
Cultural
• Modern Singapore

7. Proposed Solution
1. Entering
2. Selecting 3. Photo-taking

8. Proposed Solution
Interactive sticks

9. Proposed Solution
Dumpling Festival

10. Proposed Solution
Tech Feasibility
“Neoprint” booths Motion sensing controllers

11. Strengths of Solution
Fun and educational
Entertaining people while
they learn cultural heritage

12. Strengths of Solution
New dimension
of interaction
Group experience

13. Criticisms of Solution
1. Would the other physical and interactive exhibits
overshadow this flat screen?
2. Has the focus shifted too much to interaction among users
themselves and not with the history? e.g. kids dueling.

14. Our take
They will try to make full use of their ticket
Subconsciously, they might pick up some knowledge
Ultimately, we want their experiences to be enjoyable!

15. References
• http://z.hubpages.com/u/1593039_f520.jpg
• http://images.sg.creative.com/images/products/large/13979_1.png
• http://cache.thephoenix.com/i/OldBlogs/Phlog/wii-nunchuck.jpg
• http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/62411241_1b726125ee_o.jpg
• http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3514258809_5d1b193daa_b.jpg

16. Thank you