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TIMENSION
by
Yun Dai
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
(INTERACTIVE MEDIA)
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Yun Dai
Object Description
| Title | Timension |
| Author | Dai, Yun |
| Author email | dycloudy@gmail.com;dycloudy@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Fine Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Interactive Media |
| School | School of Cinematic Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-26 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-09 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-09 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-09 |
| Date published | 2012-05-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Swain, Chris |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Gotsis, Marientina Diamante, Vincent Bars, Itzhak |
| Abstract | Timension is a thesis project based on an exploration of the concept of the zoetrope, to communicate stories about the notion of time that is embedded in people’s lives. This project was an experiment in designing a series of interactive media prototypes exploring time, animation, and storytelling. This paper summarizes the motivation behind the project, an overview of relevant prior art, the year-long creative process involved in prototype design, and an evaluation of four key prototypes that led to the final product that will be exhibited at the annual Interactive Media Division group thesis show at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. ❧ The final product is a virtual toy for the iPad using multiple zoetropes. Each zoetrope spins to display animation using the same visual principles of a real zoetrope. One of the zoetropes represents the life of a Girl and one represents the life of a Boy. Swiping the virtual Boy or Girl zoetrope, using the same gesture one uses to operate a real zoetrope, sets the Boy’s or Girl’s life in motion. The iPad multi-touch capabilities also enable additional interesting ways to control the zoetrope, such as pinching, spreading, or scrolling using multi-touch gestures. Using their fingers, users can modulate the timing in both the Girl’s life and the Boy’s life independently, while each character’s changes can only be seen from the other character’s perspective. This paper documents variations in the final prototype that aim to solve the design challenge of enabling the users to visualize and experiment with the serendipity of overlapping the Girl and Boy’s lives. The users can project their own meaning into the project. The Girl and Boy were chosen as a theme to evoke empathy, since one may interpret it as a parable meant to communicate the difficulty, beauty, and role of forces outside any individual’s control in bringing two people together in an unpredictable relationship. |
| Keyword | time; animation; virtual toy; interactive toy; timension; zoetrope; iPad |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Dai, Yun |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-DaiYun-832.pdf |
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| Full text | TIMENSION by Yun Dai A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF FINE ARTS (INTERACTIVE MEDIA) May 2012 Copyright 2012 Yun Dai |
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