Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Motion and Movement Exercise

Part 1 Herman Miller Thoughtpile (http://embody.hermanmiller.com/)













The website is all about motion perception. On this page there is a circular disc with people on it that appears to be rotating. This motion is perceived because the people change position and get bigger or smaller as they rotate around. Additionally, the perspctive changes of the person. Also on this page is the illusion of thoughts coming from a person, getting bigger and moving across the line on the top and then go back down to the group of people.

Part 2 Diller Scofidio and Renfro (http://www.dsrny.com/)




To navigate this website you move over the various peices of work with the illusion that you are looking down over the images in a 3d space. The illusion is created using linear perspective and relative size. The perspective of the images change and become bigger as you move towards them and then disappear out of view. The problems that the designer would have encountered is creating a realistic perception of moving smoothly in space over the images. The speed of moving could also be a problem, since people perceive movement at certain speeds. Finally, connecting the movement of the mouse with the movement on the screen would also need to be addressed.





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