Liah // Responsive Environments
It doesn’t seem to respond very well to movement but I had more time to focus on how it would work, I might try to include a mini fan.
I poured some ink in the water, now to see what happens when it is left alone. If it does nothing, I will see if anything happens with slight movement as movement will occur in the lighting.
I think it would be interesting to add blue ink to the water to create blue lighting and give an interesting texture. I’m going to do a test to see what happens with the ink when left although the wires pulling the lighting up and down should keep the ink moving.
While attempting to figure out how to make the lighting work, I tried to find glass household appliances similar to a fisheye lens to refract the light into a rain drop. I came across a lens shaped picture frame containing water. When I tried this out, it actually worked better than normal glass would, which makes sense as I’m imitating a puddle of water that people walk through. This test has shown me that water should be included within the class dome.
Light motion sensor activation
Could take this apart and apply the software to lighting. Would most likely use motion tracking and take the source code from this project - (http://www.rojaksite.com/motion-tracking-curtain/) and edit it so that a light moves instead of a curtain, maintaining a spotlight on the person walking.
