Preparing for Quarters

We’ve been busy here at Starscape! Our quarter walk-arounds were this past Wednesday, which means that we were given the opportunity to host faculty, staff and visitors to get a wide variety of input and opinions on our project.

Our presentation consisted of Hye Mi speaking briefly about Give Kids The World and the star program already in place, which Tom followed up with an overview of the challenges presented by the physical space that we’ll be working in. Anthony spoke about our the tech choices we’ve made, and Stew demonstrated the abilities of the cameras that will be embedded in the tower.

We had a lot of good questions regarding the experience from the point of view of a volunteer, working to get the stars up in the right place, and how to make the process as easy and intuitive as possible to use (this is an area where our volunteer experience during our Orlando visit will come in handy!). We also had several visitors give us interesting feedback from unexpected areas: while a few were concerned about our tech choices becoming outdated before the tower was filled, one rightly pointed out that no matter how many iPads we were able to stockpile, that hardly matters if the batteries die before they are used.

Of everything we got asked — about technology, story, art and team makeup — the one thing everybody was concerned about was lighting the space, and finding a way to isolate or highlight the physical star, instead of relying solely on digital cues to identify where it is located. We’ve been in constant communication with our partners over at ITEC about the issue, and are continuing to refine the list of tech that will be integrated into the building, which is currently being built. Hopefully we’ll have more concrete answers soon!

(“Concrete”, get it? Get it?? ‘Cause the tower is made out of– oh, never mind….)

Cassandra Makes Notes During a Story Meeting

Next up: Central Florida may be the lightning capital of the United States, but Project Starscape is the place to go to see some brainstorming!

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