Project #8 Consentment Camera

Description

For this project, I changed my previous project "Experimental Camera" adding a Introduction page, explaning what is the program about, then, there is a warning note letting the users know that the program will run a camera. The users have the opportunity to continue if they agreed to be on camera or not run the program if they don't agreed to be on camera. Additionally, I wanted to keep the identity of the users reserved, so I added different color effects that help to distord the image. My main goal is not to show the face of the user, I rather to create an effect of mesuaring the energy levels and showcase how these levels size down through time.

Previous Project: Consuming Our Energy:

I was inspired by the Pomodoro time management method to breakdown the time that we spend in front of the camera with break intervals. This camera shows a blue overlay that when it is full blue represents full energy, and when it is zero transparency means that our energy is low. Once the overlay is transparent, the camera will let us know that is time to go for a walk. The camera shows a pixeled negative capture. The negative pixeled capture highlights the idea of the fantasy narratives that we create in front of a camera, action that distorted the real self, as well as how this activity consumes our energy and time. Different than the other two proposals for this project, this one presents a warning that we need to go for a walk, as a way to enjoy the real world. The energy levels can be reset by clicking the ‘reset’ button.

Welcome Page

Consentment Page

Camera Page

Design Process

I updated the pseudocode adding the code to create the new pages and the buttons to "continue", "return" or "go back". I set variables to create the buttons and the text from page to page. Changed the effects on camera so the program wouldn't be too slow as the original, but unfortunatelly, now it's not changing the colors to change from full energy to low energy. Using the if statement and scene, the buttons show and hide on the scenes. Using switch function, the program can go from one page to the other one, back and forth based on the buttons that are clicked

Reflection

I have to continue working on my camera because the camera is not showing the different stages of the energy levels.