ideas and shit

Had a few ideas, only one that i'm really convinced could work and won't make me a mardy cow in the process.

1: Liked the idea of having something interactive in a retail space, mainly cuz i've worked in the hellish arse of retail all my working life. This could either benefit or disadvantage me in this project. I know retail, how it works and what customers need, but i hate people and shopping, so perhaps not such a good idea.

Retail Space: Interactive screens in changing rooms. Where people can have full body scans taken of them, clothes superimposed on them and they can see what it looks like at all angles and can go through a catalogue of other items. Could also have the option of being referred items that suit there particular body shape. It's an ok idea, but not something i will go with cuz i don't think i could work on this for 6 weeks without killing myself or someone else.

I'm quite hungry at the moment, so this has given me the idea for interactive menus in cafes and stuff. People can order food from a touch screen menu and pay for it there. Just something interactive where you wouldn't normally expect it. The pedantic among us may argue that it is interactive to speak to the people that work there, which is true but it doesn't matter cuz i'm not overly keen on this idea just because it reminds me too much of the last futures project.

I like the option of designing an art installation, but despite my background being in fine art, i quite dislike modern art or installations. I have liked a few installations i've seen so i will probably research this some more with an open mind and not dismissing it all as bollocks. Would have to put my theory hat on.

My final idea, and the one i'm most into is some sort of flash online game that allows users to help build the game as they play. For example the game could start where the character is in a room with no windows or doors. To get out they could draw a door that then opens up the next level. Colin also suggested that people can play other people's games that they've worked through and see how they've problem solved. so props to you colin.

I like this idea cuz i've got the theory of wikinomics backing it up and its just a slightly different way of interacting with something that doesn't just involve clicking or moving arrows.

The only problem with this is that i couldn't make it. I'm humble enough to admit that this stretches my somewhat limited abilities in flash. Tho from what i've heard i could just make an animation to show how it would work, so hurrah for that.

To Do:
- major research in art installations, just in case i change my mind (as i so often do)
- research into online and casual gaming (and not just an excuse to play on neopets)
- more research into wikinomics and the idea of mass collaboration
- look at basic games that allow user to draw on the screen

doesn't actually seem that much to do at the moment, famous last words and all that, but i'm sure the above will open up a whole can of worms and i'll be busy right up to the deadline. Again.