
- Recreate the experience of ‘playing to build a new relationship‘ for adults.
- p5.js game with soft controllers for multiplayer interaction
Hugggy
Field
Experimental interaction, Physical computing
Product design
Tools
p5.js, Arduino, Rhino, Illustrator, Sewing Machine
Time
2023.11 - 12 (4 week)
Group project
My role: Group Leader, Concept Design, Physical Computing Development, Fabrication
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This is meant to be an experience for adults to play and build relationships with each other as if they were kids again. The space invites everyone back to their kindergarten days with its brightly colored rug and pillow-like forms. Inspired by Ernesto Neto's large, soft, biomorphic structures, the two forms are designed to feel like a comfortable hug when held. But they are also controllers to a whimsical browser-based game where each player is a fiery orb. Squeezing and rolling with the controllers reveals fun visual effects and audio reactions that two players can uncover together. It is meant to become an opportunity for the people to form a bond together too.
We want to recreate the experience of ‘playing to build a new relationship‘ for adults.
01. Inspiration
Ernesto Neto is a contemporary Brazilian artist who creates large installations of large, soft, biomorphic structures that visitors can walk amongst, touch or sometimes sit in. They are generally made of a white stretchy stocking like fabric and filled with Styrofoam although sometimes they are filled with aromatic spices.
Key Words:
Playground - Colorful - Cheerful

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02. Sketch
Interaction diagram

Setup diagram

Fabrication diagram
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03. Component

INPUT: air pressure
OUTPUT: position up/down

We used the blood pressure bulb with the air pressure sensor
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INPUT: Arduino IMU
OUTPUT: direction left/right

INPUT: stretch-resistance level-voltage range
OUTPUT: color

INPUT-OUTPUT diagram
04. Prototype
Arduino Breadboard Layout

Arduino to P5.js test

P5 Animation


Pattern test shape

Final Pattern

Inner Structure


Final Fabric

05. Play Test

