Small Steps – Big Changes.
I had to write yesterday off almost completely as I had so many non MA activities to complete. These duties ranged from setting up a new phone for a family member, to composing and posting an important letter. However, today was much more productive. I managed to test my concept and augment a number of my mobile elements. Early indicators suggest that ‘all things going well’ – I should be able to realise my vision. My greatest fear was that the mobile wouldn’t augment very well. I also worried that the elements were too close together, and as such would interfere with one another when augmenting. It appears that as long as the user/viewer is careful then each item should augment separately. Up to this point it has been a bit of a risk. Today the concept however was tested and seems to work.
Athena the robot continues to 3d print but this activity is also not without risk. Jamie (my collaboration partner’s) 3d printer isn’t always consistent and parts often become loose from the 3d printer bed. This ultimately leads to print failures which is slowing down the project.
On a more positive note, by the end of today I had managed to shoot all of my mobile elements (104 in total), in readiness for the augmentation process. Below is a gallery of all of these images.
All 104 Augmentation Images
In order to ensure smooth augmentation I needed to photograph each element in situ. There is no need to edit these images as long as they are clear. I deliberately used my black and white patterns for the mobile because I knew these stood the best chance of augmentation.
Once all of my trigger images were shot I was able to begin the augmentation process. By the end of the day I had managed to successfully augment 5 mobile elements. The next step is to shoot some video of this.
