We have been working on our pipeline to make our animation implementation as seamless as possible. If we can discover any setbacks or kinks in our process now, we can start troubleshooting any issues that may arise. We are working on how best to translate the emotions and character of Read more…
This week, getting our budget approved so we could start ordering parts was at the forefront of our priorities. We had been working for weeks weighing different options for hardware against each other to see what works best for our project in terms of robustness, easy maintenance (usability) and cost. Read more…
This week we worked on making sure our pipeline is set up for the rest of the duration of the project. Alex continued to work with our honorary advisor Tim Eck on vetting our design. Atul and Dustin worked with iTec, a show control vendor, to figure out how to Read more…
This week we prepared for our ¼ Presentations at the ETC. This means that the faculty come around the project rooms in groups, we give a quick overview of where we are at in our project so they can provide feedback, direction or insight into something we may have overlooked. Read more…
We made it back from our on-site at Give Kids The World Village and began planning our next steps immediately. That started with our producer, Dustin, working with the Village and FedEx Freight to get Tom safely to Pittsburgh. In order to narrow down on a decision of pneumatic actuators Read more…
This week we prepped and then went to our On-site visit at Give Kids The World Village located outside of Orlando, Florida. To prepare for our onsite visit and the uninstall of our puppet, Tom Foolery, we assessed a list of needs. This included: a list of tools, audio visual Read more…
This week, we started off the week with a Skype meeting with our client from Give Kids The World (GKTW), Abby. She answered our questions and gave us direction to define our scope. We determined that given their needs, the most important elements in revitalizing their current installation is to Read more…
This week we started working on our project by meeting with our faculty mentors and assigning individual roles. We then discussed branding our project and are going with the working name “Miracle Workshop.” The name is an allusion to the project’s home in the ‘Castle of Miracles’ and that we Read more…