Wouldn’t it be great if the entire crime scene could be captured quickly, possibly visualized in 3D instead of 2D photos which do not fully convey the scale and positions of the evidence. And at the same time, might it be possible to take the subjectivity of what the photographer captures out of the equation? In my mind, I thought it might be possible to recontruct a crime scene from 360° images, how hard could it be?
One in six people have some form of visual impairment ranging from mild vision loss to total blindness. The visually impaired constantly face the danger of walking into people or hazardous objects. This project proposes the use of vibrotactile feedback to serve as an obstacle detection system for visually impaired users.
DoodleCloud was made as part of the Global VR Hackathon 2019 which I participated with Caryn. We were given 48-hours and the theme of the hackathon was ‘Cloud’. We developed a VR drawing game, DoodleCloud, where players would try their best to draw pictures in the sky using their finger.
Without assistance, visually impaired individuals might often find themselves in dangerous situations due to their lack of spatial awareness or understanding of their environment. For example, road crossings or approaching escalators in the opposite direction. At these danger areas, tactile paving would allow the visually impaired to be alerted but what if the tactile paving would tell them more? The ConnectCane is a walking aid that would allow the visually impaired to “listen” to their environment by scanning for information on nfc-enabled tactile pavings.
In a previous hackathon I participated in, there was a project that prototyped the use of machine learning to “evolve” the capability of in-game AI agents by using user provided input through a Virtual Reality game. I was pretty blown away by the idea of evolution through repetitive training and exposure to user-provided input. I’ve seen a couple of videos where developers created simulations with Unity and thought that it might be cool to give it a try myself.
Finally got down to creating this site, without any customization and the entirety of the site is pretty much identical to the example site provided. I just wanted some place to pen down my ideas and projects before I forget and in true maker spirit I hope to be able to share some of the lessons I’ve learnt along the way.
