Oracle In a Box 2.0
Maker UX/UI
Presented pedagogical case study at EVA London
Invited to exhibit at SLSA
Concepts integrated into interaction class curriculum
Introducing the state-of-the-art in freestanding, prognosticatory devices. With version 2.0 of Oracle a in Box, the future is literally at your fingertips. The Oracle utilizes the latest in electro-biometric sensory to deduce (actually induce) your probable outlook with a light touch of the fingers on the advanced, ergonomic control interface. Within just a few seconds, the Oracle will respond with its prophecy in the form of a custom tailored sound and light pattern. Will your fortune be dark and foreboding? Or will it be bright and cheery? Only your touch will tell.
Oracle in a Box uses all the latest technologies and manufacturing techniques to achieve this marvel of prescience. It utilizes the Arduino open-source platform based on the Atmel micro controller. Both the Arduino UNO and MEGA act in concert to peek into the future. In the present, the Oracle addresses the needs of energy consumption and efficiency as well. The Oracle's awareness and feedback mechanisms are made up of low power components, low voltage LED illumination, and the MOZZI open source sound synthesis library.
—Essence of pure interaction: interface is clear and intuitive without the use of language—even if the fortune is not so clear
—The re-imagined Oracle in a Box brings the maker movement to interaction design education: interface, form giving and coded logic create an experience
—Prototyping a multi-modal experience is possible with Arduino allowing input and feedback to be visual, aural and haptic
—Visitors engage with the Oracle in a Box at the Post Nature exhibit for the 2013 Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) conference
—Visitors engage with the Oracle in a Box at the Post Nature exhibit for the 2013 Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) conference