Realflect Process

Visual Data Platform Process Book VISC 404 Michael Selby FALL 2012 Anthony Schmiedeler

| Project

DATA | Information PLATFORM | Operating System MAPPING | Visual Form SURFACE | Where the Visual Form is displayed/interacted with INTERACTION | The cause and effect that the user has with the platform

EMERGENCE | One common thread through all of the previous that allows the visual

data to speak for itself

| Examples

| Homework

| Development

| Final Direction

| Refinement

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| Refinement

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| Final Direction

realflect It’s as bad as it looks

In today’s fast-paced society of 18-hour workdays and 5am wake-up calls, many people aren’t getting the required amount of restful sleep causing unseen effects that are detrimental to health and productivity. Realflect shows these effects in physical form to remind you of those hazards and also have a little fun at the end of a sleepless night.

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is an interactive mirror that shows the user real-time exaggerated physical effects of their sleep pattern.

The user can find out what kind of damage they are doing to their body by simply looking in a mirror.

| Final Visual Articulation

Before

After

Sleep Schedule

Info

Sleep debt

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| Reflection

This project was incredibly fun for me. I like the idea of taking dissimilar things, putting them together, and creating something new. And then adding an interactive element made me feel the most creative I have felt in a while.

The only struggles I had with this project were technical. I wish I had more time and technical knowledge to really execute my idea the way I wanted to. I feel that finding my final direction sooner and another week to finish would really allow for this project to grow to it’s full potential.