top of page

- 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

💡

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

Untitled.png
Untitled (1).png

02. Sketch

Interaction diagram

Huggy mainphoto.jpg

Setup diagram

Huggy diagram.jpg

Fabrication diagram

未命名作品 19 (1).jpg

03. Component

Screen Shot 2023-12-12 at 21.32.27.png

INPUT: air pressure

OUTPUT: position up/down

Screen Shot 2023-12-12 at 21.39.54.png

We used the blood pressure bulb with the air pressure sensor

.

Screen Shot 2023-12-12 at 21.33.42.png

INPUT: Arduino IMU

OUTPUT: direction left/right

Screen Shot 2023-12-12 at 21.34.25.png

INPUT: stretch-resistance level-voltage range

OUTPUT: color

Image 12-12-23 at 10.09 PM.jpg

INPUT-OUTPUT diagram

04. Prototype

Arduino Breadboard Layout

IMG_6716.JPG.jpg

Arduino to P5.js test

P5 Animation

ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converted (2).gif
ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converted (1) (1).gif

Pattern test shape

IMG_9755.JPG.jpg

Final Pattern

IMG_9737.JPG.jpg

Inner Structure

IMG_9823.JPG.jpg
IMG_9859.JPG.jpg

Final Fabric

Screenshot 2024-04-27 at 17.09.55.png

05. Play Test

Screenshot 2024-04-27 at 17.04.00.png

     : 401-215-4900             

     

     : sw6167@nyu.edu       

Contact

Copyright @ 2024 Shuxuan Wang. All Work On This Site With All Rights Reserved. 

bottom of page