Moving forward with the visual theremin I used the wire wrapping technique to try to make my circuit cleaner. After doing that I decided to make it so that based on how much light is going into the light sensor it will change different as it did before. in the first iteration when there was no light the lights would go off, I decided to reverse that. Once the prototype was made I received pretty useful interaction which I plan on using to move this project forward. Most notably moving away from the light sensor. That and also using multiple sensors to create more of a game like atmosphere while using the object.
It became apparent that the light sensor is not the most effective way to give off the idea that the user has control, in essence they truly don’t, they just need to effect the shadows that affect the light sensor. I have ordered some IR sensors and some microphone sensors to use to play with the different types of interaction that will happen. I think this will help make the interaction more meaningful even though it is pulling away from the theremin. I do feel that it will make a more playful interaction by having people yell at this enclosure to create different light patterns.
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