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Interactive Objects

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

A sample of student work from Fall 2011, Interactive Objects, Prof Jacob Tonski.

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Works In Progress

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Some screenshots of what’s in the works…
Formal studies in a parametrized animate object:

Phsyical simulation / engineering prototype of an internal dynamic balancing system:

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This is Your Brain on Google Instant

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

A few weeks ago, you might have noticed that if you went to the Google home page and started typing that you were getting more help finishing your query than before. In fact, just typing the letter W would get you the weather where you are in less time than you can blink your eye. [...]

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Animation in Interactive Media

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

We often think of cartoons when we hear the word animation. However many interactive media experiences also employ the same motion techniques used to make cartoons.
What makes animation such a useful tool in the interactive designer’s toolbox?
Animation can provide additional information to the user
If a picture says a thousand words, then animations, which are really [...]

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Moral Responsibility and Autonomous Media

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

When a piece of interactive media is involved in harming someone, how do we assign blame?

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IMS390i Spring 2010 (CPA redesign)

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

IMS390i Spring 2010 Project 1 Prototypes (CPA redesign)

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P&G – Site Coordinator

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Developed online training and certification system for site coordinators.

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Convergys

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Administration metrics. Case Study: Convergys (2006) Convergys Corporation a global leader in providing customer care, human resources and billing services, needed to build an operations dashboard for AT&T Network Connection (ANC), a platform of long-distance services. Convergys requested that Armstrong Interactive (AI) design an operations dashboard intended to monitor the status of daily operations.
AI Methodology: [...]

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eScholar

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Developed online training for Miami students with information about academic honesty.

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Interactive Objects

Works In Progress

This is Your Brain on Google Instant

Animation in Interactive Media

Moral Responsibility and Autonomous Media

IMS390i Spring 2010 (CPA redesign)

P&G – Site Coordinator

Convergys

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