Kyle Macquarrie: MotionIO

MotionIO is an interactive audio-visual experience for multiple people, intended for installation in a public area. Using open web technologies, participants use the motion of their mobile phones to control and interact with an organic generative system and each other. In this shared virtual environment, using a mobile device in public is transformed from a private act into a social one, creating a playful collaborative space where unique combinations of sound and light can form.

Weighting

• People: 25%
• Design: 30%
• Technology: 45%

Demo

In the beginning: live visual performance for musicians.

Realignment

Iteration

Research

"multi-user groupware"

A holistic experience

Validation

Unnumbered Sparks

Testing

Reflection

What went right?

• Sound technical decisions early
• Using the right amount of technology
• Testing as early and often as possible
• Keeping the iteration loop as tight as possible

What went, uh, less right?

• Not thinking about people or places enough
• Visuals, branding and naming
• Sound design