Absolutely No Ball Playing Allowed

I find it really interesting that you're "breaking" the rules laid out by the project and are tackling such a large scope. There are a few things that I would consider. One is how are going to arrange for a controlled environment for your project? What's keeping kids from accidentally knocking over the projector. Secondly, on the more technical side, how do you plan on actually letting users interact with the ball? Things like the kinect don't have the best range, and I'm not sure how effective OpenCV like stuff would be in an outdoors setting. Additionally, is the game 2D or 3D? To participants hit the ball to each other on a 2D plane, or do they somehow hit the ball "into" the wall, creating an illusion of depth. I'm quite impressed by your planned scope for this project, and look forward to seeing what you create!

I really like the project idea and think it would be really fun to interact with and will look awesome even when just passing by. I was wondering which motion capture technology you were planning on using and how you plan on dealing with too many people interacting with the installation at once. I ask this because I think Kinects require that you have an exact number of people being tracked and I don't know if other software have special requirements for motion tracking. Also an idea, which I don't know if it would work, might be to have the piece indoors which might make it easier for people to interact with since its not cold inside and it would also kind of break a rule because I usually play handball outside. Besides that I can't wait to see it!

This is definitely on par with some of the examples we've seen in class. I like that you reference the "absolutely no ball playing allowed" and plan to cleverly break that rule. You mentioned in the beginning that you may have multiple scenes. Would this be multiple scenes of people playing ball? If so you could incorporate different kinds of "ball playing" as in simple catch, basketball, maybe even baseball (pitching and swinging the bat). I definitely look forward to this, and hope that I even see it live visiting Oakland!

This project is unique in that it breaks the rules in that the main portion situated outside the iDeate gallery, but also in that its in obvious defiance of the sign on the wall. Though I imagine that the reason for the rule is that its in area high in auto and pedestrian traffic, which may also endanger any equipment you're bringing. I'm also curious how projection would work on a black surface, and I imagine you'd have to do some adjustments with color and whatnot. In any case, I really like this project, and hope I get to try it in its intended environment.

Nice idea! I'd love to see how you'll handle the outside environment with a tech-heavy setup. Also, how are you going to replicate that environment for the installation during finals week?

Looking forward to playing it.