Research and Development in Digital Media

At the start of the term we were told to prepare a final presentation for design proposal. For my design proposal I was fascinated by creative interactive games that I wanted to do more research on them. As a result my final design proposal is an interactive VR -game.   Virtual reality gaming is the application of a three-dimensional (3-D) artificial environment to computer games. Virtual reality environments are created with VR software and presented to the user in such a way that they supersede the real-world environment, creating suspension of disbelief and helping the user experience the VR environment as real. At its simplest, a VR game might involve a 3-D image that can be explored interactively on a computing device by manipulating keys, mouse or touchscreen. More sophisticated and immersive examples include VR headsets , wrap-around display screens and VR rooms augmented with wearable computers and sensory components, such as scents and haptics devices for tactil...

                   Conclusion From the literature review it is well observed that people are growing awkward by the day. People are being tied to their phone and social media. Though internet has promised us lots of opportunities, people are getting more  dissociative   instead of being connected. Relationships have become obsolete as more options to meet people have opened. It’s become a necessary evil in a way. Relationships are not considered as important as it used to be. People seem to be more anxious due to problems risen from relationships. Human interaction and communication have become a scarce phenomenon. The objective of the research will remain unchanged   and more options will be explored to understand and help people with relationship and interaction issues.

                Creative Experiment # 1 Though this experiment was a success it wasn’t a total success. Since an android device was not available at the time of experimentation an android phone was purchased for the sole purpose of conducting the experiment. The android purchased was a “Xiaomi Redmi 5”. Shortly after importing the “ARObject.apk” build into the phone, compatibility issues were observed. It was later discovered that Vuforia doesn’t support all android platform and provides a list of platforms that it does support. ( https://library.vuforia.com/articles/Solution/vuforia-fusion-supported-devices.html ). It was quite unfortunate to see a purchased phone go to waste. However, an alternate solution was found. The application was run through Android Studio 3.3 using the AVD Manager. A Virtual Nexus 5X device was created for the sole purpose of running the exported Package. Though the file was able to run on Nexus the experimen...

3.2            Marker based Augmented Reality Video Playback In this experiment, once again Unity was used as the interactive software to create the marker-based AR project. This experiment does not require to build the application into an .apk file as the interaction can be observed from the computer’s webcam. Step 1: Open a new project in Unity. Right click on the Hierarchy Area and hover on Vuforia engine to select AR Camera. Delete the main camera. After doing so, open Vuforia Configuration on the inspector box and apply a license key which can downloaded from the Vuforia’s official website. Figure 3.2.1 Step 2: To get a License key visit https://developer.vuforia.com/vui/develop/licenses . After signing up click on Get development key. Figure 3.2.2 Step 3: After entering the appropriate License Name, check the box down below and hit confirm. Now I license key is made. Figure 3.2.3 Step 4: S...

3.3            Interaction with AR Object using Leap Motion For this experiment, Leap Motion sensor is used with an older version of Unity 5.51f1 along with LeapMotion_CoreAssets_4.1.6 and Interaction_Engine_0.3.1. Open a new project on Unity 5.5, Step 1: Import the Packages “LeapMotion_CoreAssets_4.1.6” and “Interaction_Engine_0.3.1” into the project file. Step 2: Find the “Leap_Hands_Demo_Desktop” scene under Leap Motion > Examples > Scenes and open the scene. Step 3: Create a 3D object Plane and position it (0, 0, 0) on (x, y, z) axes. Step 4: Create a two 3D Object Cube and scale it appropriately and place it on the plane. Step 5 : Create Materials to differentiate the colors of the cube from each other and assign them accordingly. Also Click on Add component to add the Rigid Body script to each of them individually. Step 6: Find the “InteractionManager” Prefab and drag it onto t...

3.1            Marker-less Augmented Reality In this experiment, Unity was used as the interactive software to create the marker-less AR project. For this experiment to work the necessary tools that was installed are, Unity 2018.3.5f1 and Android Studio 3.3. The Vuforia package was built into this version of Unity. It is important to locate the correct paths to the SDK location, so that the build can be done and stored locally in the computer. The player settings need to be adjusted accordingly as well. A short tutorial was followed for this to be done correctly. Figure 3.1.1: Jayanam. (2017, August 24). Unity Android Tutorial : SDK, Build and Publish [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yLDxIMuRlo Step 1 : Open a new project in Unity. Go to File > Build Settings > Select Android and hit switch platform. Right click on the Hierarchy Area and hover on Vuforia engine to select AR Camera. After d...

Gender Analysis in people using Social media (Photo: graphicsdunia4you/Shutterstock) A significant part of the exploration directed today proposes that the manner by which individuals use  innovative correspondence contrasts by sex. With respect to Facebook use, a noteworthy  part of mechanical correspondence, most of Facebook's 845 million  clients are ladies, and, furthermore, ladies drive 62% of Facebook action (status  updates, messages, and remarks). Ladies additionally have 8% more Facebook companions than  do men and invest more energy in the site through and through than do men (Miller, 2012). With  respect to indications of Internet conduct that can possibly prompt Internet  fixation, ladies are likewise bound to state they are nearer to their Facebook companions  than their companions, in actuality, and that they feel dependent on Facebook, than men are  (Thompson and Sharon, 2012).  Ladies likewise invest more en...