The course is meant as an integrative project, with a special focus on the ubuquitous availability of screens outside the workplace and personal home computer. Projects in this course concern finding creative solutions for interaction with this multitude of screen displays.
The integrative nature of the CA5 project will contribute to find useful and interesting ways to combine smart technology
and new media in novel applications.
Students are expected to be well-motivated, and will be stimulated in problem-finding and the exploration of creative
solutions.
Off-computer screen displays include big urban screens on public squares, as well as medium size screens in shopping malls and lifts, as well as small screens that come with (mobile) gadgets or built-in consoles in buses or airplanes. To allow for intelligent interaction these screens may moreover be equiped with sensors and bluetooth. Interesting solutions are being developed, see online reference(s), that connect these screens with for example mobile gadgets, to support new patterns of shopping, tourism and game playing.
The course will offer a selection of topics and projects, from which students may choose on the basis of their interest and specialization. Students will be encouraged to work in small, 4-5 person groups, of an interdisciplinary character, And will be closely supervised in all stages of the product-development life-cycle.