Project 3.1 The UX of Gravity

Brief: Gravity isn't just the force; it's an overwhelming controller of the universe.

Group Partners: Hugh Allen, Maša Planinc, Winnie Wong, Zoe Yan, Chun Li

"Time is the only true unit of measure. It gives proof to the existence of matter. Without time, we don't exist. " (Lucy, 2014）

Everything is under control of the gravity, and we may experience it from things dropping down. We may also experience it by the time passing, human aging, trees losing leaves, and then turning green. Time goes differently; however, if travelers within the speed of light, it's possible to reach anywhere in the universe. (Redd, 2017)

Observing:

We choose a little garden beside LCC as our mapping location, each of us observes an age group of people's motion.

Data analysis:

According to our maps, different age groups would have different motion maps. For example, older people would like to stay in one position for a long time; however, children would move faster and run all around the playground.

Body Storming:

Each of our group members would represent young adolescents, middle-aged people, older people, and a black whole.

Blackhole stay in the middle, others would spinning around, each age group would have different velocity. Teenagers would move fastest, and older people would move slowest.

Behavioral Mapping:

There are three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. We use aluminum frames as the first three dimensions, and foam frames represent different age groups. There is also a half hemisphere at the bottom, which is gravity. On the top is the fifth dimension.

There is a tube in the middle of our mapping prototype. We did a little experiment to help us express our idea. When you put different materials into the tube, the different mass will cause a different velocity of falling.

We put different age groups in the dimension of time because the gravity controls time, and time controls us by aging.

Reference:

Lucy, (2014). [Online]. Directed by Luc Besson. France: EuropaCorp[Viewed 30 August 2015]. Available from iQiyi.

Redd, N. (2017). Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. [online] Space.com. Available at: https://www.space.com/17661-theory-general-relativity.html [Accessed 4 Jan. 2020].