Be like Bonsai

Virtual being

3 weeks | Design Computing, CMU School of Design. Jamin Hegeman | 2007
Chris Michaeledis
 

Overview

Task:

Your client is interested in exploring virtual being concepts for entertainment purposes. They need your help understanding different possibilities for virtual beings, and want you to develop and prototype a concept demonstrating what interaction with the product might be like.

It is your job as a designer to explore broadly and define both virtual being and entertainment. You will then develop a concept and create a digital prototype that you can interact with to demonstrate what you have learned in this class well as in other classes.


 
Bonsai Initial State Misting the Bonsai makes it sparkle Pruning the Bonsai

 

Activities

  • Visual Design
  • ActionScript 3 programming of the following functionalities: tree growing, leaves turning brown when no water, pruning the tree, watering, misting, fertilizing and repotting it


 

Watering the Bonsai Watering It blooms when you talk to it

 

Material