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Mmmworld: Health Modern Food, Xindi Wang
Mmmworld: Health Modern Food, Xindi Wang
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The societal concern for maintaining a healthy lifestyle has endured the test of time, especially given the transformative impact of globalization, urbanization, and industrialization on dietary patterns. The evolution of eating habits, propelled by the modernization of societies, has ushered in unprecedented changes in the way people consume and engage with food. While modern diets offer unparalleled convenience and variety, they also introduce a plethora of industrially processed products, contributing to the inadvertent neglect of the intrinsic value of natural ingredients. This shift has, in turn, resulted in profound implications for human health, giving rise to an increase in chronic …
Partake: A Product Design Aimed At Helping Individuals Master The Art Of Cooking, Zikai Meng
Partake: A Product Design Aimed At Helping Individuals Master The Art Of Cooking, Zikai Meng
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Many individuals aspire to become skilled cooks and create delectable dishes on their own. However, following recipes or tutorials can be challenging for many. This is why I developed Partake - an interactive cooking learning platform designed to provide a solution. With this app, users can learn the art of cooking in a personalized and engaging way by adjusting ingredient quantities and receiving clear instruction on culinary techniques. Partake aims to enhance the likelihood of success for those embarking on their journey to master cooking skills.
Cookool: A Futuristic Cooking Innovation, Guannan Ling
Cookool: A Futuristic Cooking Innovation, Guannan Ling
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Cookool is a futuristic innovation project that utilizes real-time interactive design and technology to display cooking information seamlessly, aiming to create a cool, friendly, and relaxed cooking experience for everyone to try, learn, and fall in love with. In traditional kitchens, people often face various challenges such as choosing dishes and controlling temperatures. However, in the future, our kitchen will leverage AI technology to precisely recommend dishes based on personal preferences, utilize thermal detection to monitor utensil temperatures, and leverage hologram and AR technology to showcase recipes and cooking processes, making cooking simpler. Yet, technology alone cannot create an inclusive …
Florist: (Ar System), Yanran Ding
Florist: (Ar System), Yanran Ding
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The "Florist (AR system)" envisions a novel application of Augmented Reality (AR) in floral design, aimed at harmonizing traditional floristry with the digital age. While the full system is not yet realized, the conceptual design presents a compelling visual and interactive blueprint. It anticipates a platform that educates and assists users in crafting personalized floral arrangements through a rich database, AR tutorials, and customization features. This conceptual framework promises to address common barriers in flower arrangement by fostering an accessible, usercentered experience that could transform the floristry landscape.
Humankind – Bias In Our Head, Luying Li
Humankind – Bias In Our Head, Luying Li
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"HumanKind" is a dynamic exploration at the intersection of visual communication design and societal awareness, seeking to unravel and mitigate the far-reaching impacts of bias. Through the fusion of "Human" and "Kind," the project embodies a dual narrative, emphasizing individual humanity and the diverse fabric of the human collective. The core inquiry revolves around encouraging individuals to recognize and challenge biases before decision-making, fostering unbiased choices. Historical narratives of racial conflicts serve as the foundation, propelling the project's mission to explore, challenge, and diminish biases entrenched in our collective consciousness. Going beyond traditional exhibitions, "HumanKind" evolves into a dynamic dialogue …
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Xian Boles
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Xian Boles
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The purpose of this project is to increase accessibility to safe surgical practices by educating medical professionals on the complex topic of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM). Working in collaboration with content advisor and neurosurgeon Dr. Wenya Linda Bi and her neuromonitoring team, Mitali Bose, CNIM, and Matthew Toczylowski, CNIM, an online, interactive training module has been developed and hosted on the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Skull Base Laboratory website. The training module covers various monitoring modalities, safety techniques, electrode setups, and clinical applications through a series of 2D illustrations and 3D interactive Sketchfab models. A total of five interactive models and …
Planty: The Fitness App With A Plant, Zixin Alice Ouyang
Planty: The Fitness App With A Plant, Zixin Alice Ouyang
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It is common knowledge that physical exercise has multiple physical and mental benefits, yet many often find it challenging to maintain a consistent exercise habit. How can we design a more motivating exercise experience so more people would exercise? The proposed solution is Planty, an innovative fitness app. Planty aims to change the user’s exercise habits by providing an alternative motivation behind physical exercise by locking a live plant inside a terrarium. Users can only care for the plant through the Planty app through exercise. By linking users’ behavior to the livelihood of a live plant, Planty forces its users …
The Modern Artist's Psyche: Making Meaning In Art Through History, Jenna Banks
The Modern Artist's Psyche: Making Meaning In Art Through History, Jenna Banks
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The Modern Artist’s Psyche: Making Meaning in Art Through History provides a way for students to study and analyze works by Modern artists that explore themes like loneliness, isolation, anxiety, and despair. By studying these artists and their works, students learn about topics like art appreciation and psychoanalysis; specifically, how each artist used their mental state to create their visual products. Students learn about art appreciation through the process of discussing and answering questions about specific art works. Students also study the concept of psychoanalysis, relating to theories and techniques that have been used by Modern artists. This connects to …
The Psychological Motivations Of Attendees To Engage And Share Their Event Experiences, Denise Matoushek
The Psychological Motivations Of Attendees To Engage And Share Their Event Experiences, Denise Matoushek
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Social media usage, content creation and consumption has increased steadily throughout the years. This facet has impacted the event industry and their audiences’ expectations of immersive and high-end digital opportunities with the goal of memory capturing and user generated content. In addition to providing digital event opportunities, meeting audiences on their psychological level when in attendance at events heightens the likelihood of revisits, word-of-mouth, and social media sharing. The two main psychological aspects to study are that of belonging and internal motivation. In the event field, belonging is the feeling or association to a community of peers and internal motivation …
‘The Table’, Exploration And Discussion On The Future Form Of Board Games, Boyuan Zheng
‘The Table’, Exploration And Discussion On The Future Form Of Board Games, Boyuan Zheng
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Board games, also known as tabletop games, are one of the most popular forms of games ever invented in history. Over time, the game designs have become more intricate, as have the physical game sets, resulting in larger and larger boxes. However, in a world where portability and intelligence are key factors in technology, digitalization appears to be the way forward. This project aims to explore the essence of board games and envision a possible future of board game system digitalization with existing or foreseeable technologies.
Deaf Communication Awareness, Emily Grace Cruz Amponin
Deaf Communication Awareness, Emily Grace Cruz Amponin
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Whenever a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person or a group of deaf people converse with people who aren’t deaf, they know various communication approaches such as writing notes on paper or phones, basic gestures, talking clearly, or lip reading if they grew up with an oral method. A Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person may have hearing devices: hearing aids or cochlear implants, or they have none of these hearing devices. The Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people are trying and willing to communicate with their relatives, employees, customers, classmates, or instructors. However, people do not look at a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person or a …
Generative Artificial Intelligence Program And Service: Imaginex, Mengheng Xu
Generative Artificial Intelligence Program And Service: Imaginex, Mengheng Xu
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The idea to facilitate the creation of personal spaces that afford privacy, comfort, and autonomy to individuals in need seems to be especially significant while availability and affordability of physical spaces are constrained. This project proposes a system called ImagineX which is a generative artificial intelligence program and service that can generate virtual 3D spaces for users. Users can create customized 3D environments tailored to their specific needs and preferences simply by inputting word prompts. By connecting the program from a tablet to a virtual reality (VR) system, users can experience and interact with these virtual spaces in an immersive …
The Nine Dot Problem: An Immersive Experience Blending The Digital And Physical Worlds, Alances Vargas
The Nine Dot Problem: An Immersive Experience Blending The Digital And Physical Worlds, Alances Vargas
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Anamorphic billboards, the incredibly eye-catching social media magnets one sees where a digital shoe seems to be breaking through the walls of a building or a hand is reaching out through the screens of Times Square into the streets of New York, are commonly seen in major urban environments. These displays, often used for marketing purposes selling the next hit video game or popular sneaker, are made by joining 2 angled screens at a 90 degree angle and utilize the concept of forced perspective to create the illusion of space and 3D visuals without the need for special glasses. However, …
Purli: A Better Way To Brush, Aldyn Savage
Purli: A Better Way To Brush, Aldyn Savage
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Maintaining good oral hygiene is crucial for a healthy life, and properly tooth brushing stands out as a fundamental defense against dental issues. Unfortunately, many people do not brush their teeth properly and there is very limited technology available to assist them in compliance with the standard toothbrushing procedure. In the realm of technological innovation, augmented reality stands out as a powerful tool with boundless possibilities. Leveraging the potential of this transformative technology, we aim to utilize mirrors as a unique medium to design a captivating 3D projected model of teeth. This innovative approach aims to inspire and motivate users …
Glass: The Augmented Reality Glass Blowing Assistant, John Bechtold
Glass: The Augmented Reality Glass Blowing Assistant, John Bechtold
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Many people desire to learn a new skill or craft, but having access to a mentor available to provide one on one feedback can be expensive or inaccessible to many. Learning a new skill can bring meaning and added value to a person’s life. Glasses explores bridging the physical and digital world through augmented reality tools that assist in the hand making of products and the learning of a new craft. Though Glasses specifically focuses on glass blowing, the concept could just as easily be applied to any form of craftsmanship such as woodworking, metalsmithing or welding. The product helps …
Amulet: Addressing Emotional Abuse, Wentao Sun
Amulet: Addressing Emotional Abuse, Wentao Sun
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In a world grappling with the scourge of psychological violence, particularly gaslighting, in intimate relationships, the "Amulet" project presents a visionary design solution. Positioned at the intersection of emotional abuse and technology, the project conceptualizes Amulet as a biometric system embodied in a hypothetical skin tattoo and extendable across digital devices. The Amulet project explores the potential role of design in challenging and addressing this insidious form of abuse. The core elements of the project include designing a unique brand identity for Amulet and the creation of a user-friendly interface that offers an intuitive and empowering user experience. The designed …
The Future Of Bubble Tea Shops: Bridging 3d Visualization And Technology For Immersive Experiences, Xiaohe Zhang
The Future Of Bubble Tea Shops: Bridging 3d Visualization And Technology For Immersive Experiences, Xiaohe Zhang
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The contemporary beverage landscape is brimming with a plethora of choices, and among them, bubble tea stores have become highly popular among today's youth. For this generation, indulging in the delightful experience of bubble tea brings moments of happiness and contentment. Unlike coffee, bubble tea offers a remarkable variety of nearly a hundred flavors, derived from diverse ingredient combinations, allowing individuals to discover and embrace their unique style. Despite the current maturity of bubble tea shops, my role as a designer is dedicated to continuously enhancing the consumer experience. Thus, my primary focus lies in envisioning the future and exploring …
Kilroy Was Never Here: An Ar Mystery Game, Madeleine Baum
Kilroy Was Never Here: An Ar Mystery Game, Madeleine Baum
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Kilroy Was Never Here is an augmented reality mystery game which uses design to influence urban exploration. It uses storytelling to enhance engagement with an environment, and generates an immersive experience for the user. It invokes a variety of methodologies, most notably discovery, transformation, and engagement. An alternate reality is generated through colored filters, motion graphics, and moving typography which both informs the user of the story and guides them through their environment. Discovery encompasses both clues and new locations for the user to visit as they unravel the mystery of the disappearance of the main character, Kilroy. Clues transform …
Artificial Games, Jake Johnson
Artificial Games, Jake Johnson
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This thesis project is an attempt to create an integration of augmented reality (AR) technology and tabletop board games, with a focus on tackling the challenge of maintaining engagement and capturing the attention of modern audiences who are often drawn to more interactive forms of entertainment like movies and video games. Specifically, the project explores the concept of augmenting older tabletop games with a combination of futuristic digital graphics and overlays with original physical game elements. The project sees and recognizes the problem, which is that the disparity between the level of engagement offered by traditional tabletop games and the …
Find A Way To Hug: A Multi-Discipline Design For Mother-Daughter Relationship, Jinyi Liao
Find A Way To Hug: A Multi-Discipline Design For Mother-Daughter Relationship, Jinyi Liao
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The project Find a Way to Hug, or FWH for short is a personal project that tries to think about the influence of the mother-daughter relationship on the author's growth. The author's relationship with her mother changed dramatically after she came to the United States from China, prompting a re-examination of this relationship and inspiring this project. The author tries to tell a story of a mother and daughter looking for the possibility of understanding, forgiveness, and moving forward after going through various situations through multidisciplinary design. She presents this story of personal experiences and reflections in the form of …
Coach Goggles Thesis, Christopher Dell' Aquila
Coach Goggles Thesis, Christopher Dell' Aquila
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This thesis project describes a Head User Display for athletic swimmers who have trouble perfecting their techniques without the aid of a coach. In any sport, athletes always have improved technique and speed because there is always an instructor, advisor, and coach to give wisdom, critiques, and advice for the pros and cons. However, there are some cases where an athlete will have to train on their own without the aid of their coach. The problem especially for swimming, is that in some sports athletes will not be aware of the mistakes they are making while performing the drills. Without …
Designing Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies To Improve Accessibility For Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing People In Small Group Meetings, Matthew Shoji Seita
Designing Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies To Improve Accessibility For Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing People In Small Group Meetings, Matthew Shoji Seita
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Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals face several barriers to communication in the workplace, particularly in small-group meetings with their hearing peers. The impromptu nature of these meetings makes scheduling sign-language interpreting or professional captioning services difficult. Recent advances in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology could help remove some of these barriers that prevent DHH people from becoming involved in group meetings. However, ASR is still imperfect, and it contains errors in its output text in many real-world conversation settings. This research investigates whether there are benefits in using ASR technology to aid understanding and communication among DHH and …
Hua Shang, Yanjie Zhang
Hua Shang, Yanjie Zhang
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This thesis aims to convey the "leisure" and "slow" Chinese life concept. This Thesis shows the lives of people in different dynasties from a third-person perspective. Using traditional costumes as the carrier, it focuses on using semi-realistic visual styles to show the connection between emotions and the environment, creating an atmosphere-filled picture, and arousing the audience's thinking about the rhythm of life and their spiritual yearning for the non-obvious pleasures in life.
Augmented Reality Shopping Guide: Enhancing Efficiency And Experience, Shengyang Luo
Augmented Reality Shopping Guide: Enhancing Efficiency And Experience, Shengyang Luo
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Shopping is important in our life, especially food shopping. Almost every family needs to go shopping once per week and spend lots of time and energy on it. This project proposes the design of an application to help people have a better shopping experience by saving time, saving energy, and saving money. The application combines online shopping and in-person shopping in a new shopping mode. People don’t need to pay the expensive delivery fee and wait a long time to get food which could be unfresh. And they also don’t need to spend lots of time at the supermarket, which …
Healthy Grocery Shopping Experience Via Augmented Reality, Mengjia Isabelle Qiu
Healthy Grocery Shopping Experience Via Augmented Reality, Mengjia Isabelle Qiu
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This paper presents how augmented reality can facilitate the modern grocery shopping experience in a fast-paced environment. Grocery shopping customers are facing several problems. Firstly, filtering necessary information by eyes while shopping in grocery stores. Secondly, being distracted by overwhelming information leads to time-consuming deviation in an unfamiliar shopping environment. Thirdly, losing track of purchased food at home and buying the same ingredient repeatedly. Fourthly, neglecting ingredient lists that contain allergic or unhealthy food. To solve these problems, increase the efficiency of decision-making, and achieve shopping goals, this project aims to utilize augmented reality as the primary tool to complete …
Curio-Stereo: A Vr Application For The Viewing Of Stereograph Cards, Paige Sandheinrich
Curio-Stereo: A Vr Application For The Viewing Of Stereograph Cards, Paige Sandheinrich
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This project discusses the historical significance of stereograph cards as a tool for constructing a shared visual culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and the United Kingdom. Stereographs were widely popularized as an entertainment and educational tool, offering an immersive experience for the viewers. The stereoscopic nature of the images allowed the viewers to immerse themselves in a non-physical reality through visual stimulation, creating a haptic involvement that was unique to the medium. The project of creating a VR application to view stereographs is presented as a potential solution to the problem of …
Hot Pot-Palatable Tour, Dian Jiao
Hot Pot-Palatable Tour, Dian Jiao
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Palatable Tour is an innovative project that aims to introduce Chinese culture to people through an interactive website that uses information design and motion graphics. The project utilizes visual communication and information visualization techniques to present cultural-related information in an engaging and easily understandable manner. The primary goal of the Palatable Tour is to increase cultural awareness by presenting the significance of Chinese culture through the exploration of ingredients in traditional hot pots. This project is unique in that it combines information design, illustration, 3d motion graphics, and interactivity to create an engaging and informative user experience. The website will …
Moodify, Jiaqi Liu
Moodify, Jiaqi Liu
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Abstract Degree: Master of Fine Arts Program: Visual Communication Design Authors Name: Jiaqi Liu Advisors Name: Mike Strobert; Adam Smith Thesis Title: Moodify This paper proposes a research and solution to address the major psychological risk factor of pathological rumination, which can lead to depression, anxiety, and other chronic conditions. Rumination and worry are identified as key components of mental illnesses and may be underpinned by the same cognitive process. This paper proposes a combined approach of Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) treatments to reduce worry and/or rumination. The proposed solution aims to assist users in …
A Study On The Design Of Public Speaking Preparation And Social Anxiety In Young People, Jacqueline Qiu
A Study On The Design Of Public Speaking Preparation And Social Anxiety In Young People, Jacqueline Qiu
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Modern society is demanding more and more from young people. Young people need expertise and speech skills to succeed professionally. These skills need to be good enough to be appreciated and recognized in public presentations. However, most young people need clarification when it comes to speaking. They must integrate their expertise, presentation slides efficiently, and other speech skills so that the audience or leaders can comprehend. The people who are the best at public speaking become the most successful. This paper concerns a study on speech experience, presentation skills, and presentation effectiveness as indicators to improve presentations. This project was …
The Implications Of Information Load On Usability And Performance In Dashboards, Emily O'Hear
The Implications Of Information Load On Usability And Performance In Dashboards, Emily O'Hear
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As learning analytics dashboards become ubiquitous in various industries, understanding how users process data and information is crucial to their design. Previous literature has brought valuable knowledge to dashboard design and cognitive load, but it is unclear how individuals perform with and digest a high or low information load. Tradeoffs are present as a dashboard with a lower information load requires more clicks and a dashboard with a higher information load could lead to information overload. This study presented a data-rich and minimalistic dashboard to active-duty airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base. Results indicated that participants largely preferred the data-rich …