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>> wheel chair accessibility is one of the bigger concerns...Solutions s'il vous plaît =D

Stuff we may/will have in the exhibit:

- kinect-like motion sensor to capture guest's movement - guest is a 'ranger'; 1st person - goggles -> see/be in the scenario - 4D (5 senses)-> sound (rocks crunching while walking, scenario sounds), feel (wind, clouds, mist (grass), shaking ground), see - see through from the outside, inside isn't see through (observation and attraction for more guests) - screen facing guest will be a screen projected with what the guest sees for the parent who will be insdie - tv screen showing the view of the guest also for people outside - goggles connected with cable so guest cannot take it away - takeaway gift: picture of kid (taken from the motion sensor PoV) with the animal - virtual reality will be CG reality, more than disney cartoon - parent can stand outside the ring to observe - emergency door in the 'roundabout' section of exhibit - ranger moves, animal follows - show goal w/o 'saying' it use maps, simple with 'end' and 'you'; no paths in the map so kid can't guess how to get there, only a general diretion with many obstacles in between - calibration for motion sensor: feet ("walk on the spot" and the guest sees themself moving forward in goggle) arms (mini game: popping balloons) head (blinking star on screen, will catch guest's attention and guest will move head in that direction) no more than 30 secs - padded railing will be smaller circle so guest has less space to move forward and feel like moving forward before crashing - safety: padded railing, sensor from goggles that will sense the wall and beep

- 'hallway' [short hallway] to the 'roundabout' will have auto changing sceneries to attract visitors inside - animal choosing will be beside the goggle - entrance door will open/close auto WITH extra manual door near the 'roundabout' question: is it possible to project the auto sceneries onto a surface that isn't see through on the inside but see through outside AND have visitors from the outside be able to see these changing sceneries (on both upstanding walls)

- virtual reality will have virtual boundaries so guest can't walk off an virtual cliff - some sort of 'fail' so the guest will be enticed to try again - sorry, I don't remember everything the design time said

The email I sent with some ideas not here, but I'm just going to post the whole email March 24, 2011 "Updates"

First of all, we made quite some progress today! Whoot!

It is settled that meetings after school will be held on Monday (Danielle don't forget to figure out) Hopefully they will be short. These meetings should be JUST a collaboration of the research we do in between the Thursday and the Monday (you have all weekend =D )

I updated the wiki with a new page with all the elements to include into our exhibit I will scan up and maybe make a digital copy of our exhibit

I couldn't remember everything the design team said so feel free to add on to the new page should you remember something.

HOMEWORK!! please research a few more exotic, quirky, unheard of, interesting endangered animals and their corresponding environment that is being damaged AND by what.

On Monday, we will bring together all these animals and choose 4 environments and 8 (?) animals (or 3 environments and 9 animals). That way we can reuse 3 environments and just change the animal. Also we will only have to think for 3 good scenarios and it doesn't matter to the guest since they will play it once, for a while.

Also regarding what we can get out of it: a potential research project about HOW do these guests solve the obstacles presented in the habitats. All the sessions can be recorded for further analysis by a research team. We're not doing this, but it is a possibility for someone's project.

For the Smart Phone Technology, the iPhone App (with gyroscope) idea by Ali or any App where the guest can play a similar version on their smart phone.

Ali already has a basic program made (Whoot!)

Budget things: If we make a model of our exhibit, I was wondering if we could actually get the material thats see through on one side and not the other. That would be awesome! The Budget proposal is due March 30, so if you have any ideas of how to get this material, of course spending 45$ on it is NOT worth it, but if you know how we could get it, please VOICE your idea =D

I will go away now, take a break, massage your eyeballs after reading all this =D

Don't forget to research some animals!

I really really really really want to make a model =D that opens out like a doll house

~Jane