I noticed during a few of Bret's tours for lab guests that he mentioned Dan's kids painting on the system, and I thought, "why isn't that moment reified?" I know it's in the research gallery, but it seemed like it should be near Laser Painting itself. So I added it!
(the video on the wall is around 2 minutes long)
Something feels a little awkward about keeping this picture on the wall (the meta experience mixing with the experience), but I wonder what it would be like if these pictures were stored in the drawers beneath the diorama and to show guests we could take out the picture we wanted and somehow project the video the picture represented somewhere on the walls so our guests could all see it easily.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Bret Victor wrote:
On Jul 23, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Glen Chiacchieri wrote:Yesterday, Dan Amelang brought his children into the office. Here's a short video of them playing with the laser painting and safari:They played with it for good portions of the afternoon. The boy, James, made some of the most complex paintings done on the system so far:
<kids_painting.jpg>In fact, James was super impressed with the laser painting and serengeti, and wanted to use it in his school. I know Bret took a picture of James drawing a more complex picture than the one above yesterday. Would you mind posting it here, Bret?From this video, it's easy to see that the painting should support multi-laser drawing, though it does appear to be kind of fun to make a mess with someone else. The social dynamics of navigating who's doing what are interesting, too. When is it okay to change the color or brush size while someone else is painting? Maybe there should be private color/brush controls per laser, but it's neat to see what happens when there isn't, especially depending on the users' relationship: brother and sister, colleagues, strangers, etc.I should also look into making the painting perform a little better because it really gets bogged down after a bit.Also, I've had a lot of fun playing with the kids we've brought into the office so far. More kids, please!
