VALUES

I want to create a device that allows K-12 students to experience an essential aspect of animation, the keyframe. Students aren’t exposed to the concept of keyframes unless they take a specialized class, and I want to create an easy to use device that allows someone with no prior experience with animation to experience the potential expression opportunities that come with animation. This interactive experience will help users to focus their attention on their creativeness and will hold their attention through the duration of their interaction. This model will be simple enough to use for children, and it is being designed with children in mind as its primary users. By teaching children how to express themselves through animation at a young age, I hope to open new opportunities for growth for students and help them to develop their own creative outlet.

SIMILAR CONTEXT/AUDIENCE

Find 3 other articles online that explore issues relevant to those you will explore in your project. If you are looking at stories about race, for example, and your project uses VR, what are the hot issues about race in VR, and how does your project address them? If you are working in animation, are there issues for creating animation for marginal races? For example, are the templates race-sensitive? Does your toolkit contain crew cuts and/or kinky hair? (500 words)

RELATED WORK

#1: Motion capture rig for robotics and animatronics by James Bruton.

This project is related to my idea because it highlights the ability of potentiometers to map their rotational values to an external model.

https://youtu.be/diVXbuRislM?t=235

#2: connecting Arduino to Unity by Marc Tryssier.

This video will give me the information I need in order to establish serial communication between the Arduino and Unity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idOuEfCqATQ

#3: Unity Character Controller Tutorial by Omnirift:

This video will teach me how to program a character in unity, I can use this basic instruction to help me rotate limbs in the character I will be creating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uOdm2wt43E