Blue Sky Innovation Research Methodology

MIXED REALITY LAB SINGAPORE

A Genealogy of Lab ProjectsEmploying the Blue Sky Innovation Research Methodology

http://www.mixedrealitylab.org/

Adrian David Cheok , Jeffrey Tzu Kwan Valino Koh, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Owen Noel Newton Fernando

CSCW 2011 - Hangzhou, ChinaMarch 19–23, 2011

Tuesday, April 17, 12

http://www.mixedreality.nus.edu.sg


PARADIGM SHIFT

Feeling / Non-VerbalCommunication

Logical / VerbalCommunication

Information Sharing

Experience Sharing

Source: Nakatsu et al.Tuesday, April 17, 12

SHARING EXPERIENCES

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Sharing Information

Sharing ExperiencesNew image

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At the Mixed Reality Lab and Keio-NUS CUTE Center we research ways to engage all our senses over the network


BLUE-SKY THINKING


The train of thought was this...


We have projects that explore living things as media...


Other than purple cabbage, which we already use as a

display embodiment for the Babbage Cabbage project, are there any other organisms that possess color-changing

properties?


Certain reptiles change color, as do some aquatic animals such as fish and octopuses...


...Aquatic... meaningfluid, right?


Hey did you see those ferrofluid sculptures that

Sachiko Kodamamade?


She uses magnetism to form them.


They are pretty, but you can’t directly

interact with the material.


Maybe we can usethe controllability of

magnetic fields to shape the ferrofluid

to whatever we want...


...much like Magneto does to metal in

THE X-MEN!


Together withHall Effect sensing, we can use the same magnetic field that

agitates the ferrofluid to also sense

and actuate it.


This would enableus to create a shape

changing, three-dimensional

and organic user interface!


And thus the Liquid Interface project was born.


BLUE-SKY THINKING IS...


a process in which to develop as imaginative concepts as possible without being constrained by technical feasibility, commercial marketability or any other practical boundary


A GENEALOGY OF MXRChronological & Genealogical Organization

HumanPacman

Metazoa Ludens

Poultry Internet

Huggy Pajama

Age Invaders

MediaMELivingMedia

BlogwallConfucius Computer

AmbiKrafPetimo

Paper Interface

Smell &Taste

Food Media

Liquid Interface

Lovotics

SolarSystem

PlantStory

KyotoGarden

3D Live


LINEAR ORGANIZATIONTimeline reveals progression and development

HumanPacman

SolarSystem

PlantStory

KyotoGarden

Metazoa Ludens

Poultry Internet

Huggy Pajama

Age Invaders

MediaMELivingMedia


AmbiKrafPetimo

Paper Interface

Smell &Taste

Food Media

Liquid Interface

Lovotics

Time

3D Live


GENERATIONS OF PROJECTSProjects are separated by themes and influences

HumanPacman

Metazoa Ludens

Poultry Internet

Huggy Pajama

Age Invaders

MediaMELivingMedia


AmbiKrafPetimo

Paper Interface

Smell &Taste

Food Media

Liquid Interface

Lovotics

Time

Proto-Project

Gen-I

Gen-II

Gen-III

Gen-IV

Gen-V

SolarSystem

PlantStory

KyotoGarden

3D Live


HUMAN PACMANThe Proto-Project

HumanPacman


THE PROTO-PROJECT

HumanPacman


THE PROTO-PROJECT

• Contains many themes that filter down to other MXR projects

• Embodiment, mixed reality, physical computing, UbiComp, social interaction, cultural reference

• From this project inspiration for future research themes emerge

HumanPacman


GEN-1 PROJECTSExploring the Burgeoning Field of Mixed Reality

SolarSystem

PlantStory

KyotoGarden

3d Live


GEN-1 PROJECTS

KyotoGarden 3d Live


GEN-1 PROJECTS

• Explores foundational concepts in mixed reality

• First attempt to explore themes in education, entertainment and culture

• projects remain tied to computing, where interaction is considered secondary

SolarSystem

PlantStory

KyotoGarden

3d Live


GEN-II PROJECTSProjects that Explore the Real World

LivingMedia

Metazoa Ludens

Poultry Internet

Huggy Pajama

Age Invaders MediaME


GEN-II PROJECTS

Poultry Internet

AgeInvaders


GEN-II PROJECTS

• Movement away from traditional computer graphics to exploration of the “real world” through physical, tangible embodiments and natural user interfaces

• New modalities such as haptics

• Communication and social issues are now considered

• new types of interaction, such as human-human, human-pet, human-plant and cross-generational are explored

• A reaction to the previous generation’s focus on computer graphics and virtuality

LivingMedia

Metazoa Ludens

Poultry Internet

Huggy Pajama

Age Invaders

MediaME


GEN-III PROJECTSSocio-Cultural Themes in the Virtual World

Confucius Computer Blogwall


GEN-III PROJECTS

Confucius ComputerBlogwall


GEN-III PROJECTS

• Cultural computing takes center stage

• Heavily influenced by eastern traditions

•Need to contemporize eastern ideologies such as Confucian teachings and Haiku making

Confucius Computer

Blogwall


GEN-IV PROJECTSExtending Socio-Cultural Computing Into the Real World

Petimo AmbiKraf


AmbiKraf


GEN-IV PROJECTS

• Extends the socio-cultural exploration of themes developed in Gen-3 but now embodied physically in the real-world

• Projects become more product oriented

• Influences from Japanese culture and collaboration with Keio University

• Design begins to play a defining role

AmbiKraf

Petimo


GEN-V PROJECTSQuantum-Step Motivated

Paper Interface

Smell &Taste

Food Media

Liquid Interface Lovotics


Paper Interface


GEN-V PROJECTS

• Radical shift from previous works

• Encompasses many previously explored themes but in completely new ways

• Synergies between art, design and technology reach maturity

• Effort is placed into Quantum-Step movements in research

Paper Interface

Smell &Taste

Food Media

Liquid Interface

Lovotics


RECAP

• Talked about a paradigm shift in everyday communication

• Introduced the Mixed Reality Lab

•Discussed Blue Sky Thinking as a way to conceive projects

• Explained how we categorized lab projects by genealogy

• Showcased some projects from each generation


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THANK YOU!

http://www.mixedrealitylab.org/

CSCW 2011 - Hangzhou, ChinaMarch 19–23, 2011

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