Final Project Proposal

1) Concept: I want to create an interactive screen-based project using the Xbox Kinect. Much of my current practice is based around the Anthropocene as well as the ability to advocate viewers/users into action or learning more about an issue. For this project, I want to create a plane of water (I'm not yet sure whether it should be in 2D or 3D) that over time becomes filled with garbage and other discolored liquids. The user will be able to clean the area (using the Kinect sensor) by doing the 'Wax on, Wax off' hand motions. I feel this movement is both recognizable as made famous by the Karate Kid movie, but as in the movie is also an act of everyday cleaning that is familiar to most people in the home setting. This project will take the act of cleaning for the common person out of the home as well as actively cleaning an outdoor environment.

2) Assets: I will need a Kinect sensor - hopefully, I will be able to borrow this from someone I know.
                 After deciding if I am going to be using 3D or 2D Unity - I will create the visual assets accordingly. (ie the environment, the trash, etc) either in Tinkercad or Photoshop.

Research: Kinect to Unity Programing
                      -2D programming if this is the route I decide to go.
                  Fluid physics and interactions
                  In Unity getting items to instantiate random objects in different areas of a plane
              
Schedule:  Week 1:
                    -Decide if I'm working in 2D or 3D
                    -Start designing assets accordingly
                    -Obtain a Kinect sensor
                    -Start research on Kinect and Unity programming

                  Week 2:
                  -con't of week 1
                  -start to bring assets into unity and creating materials for color
                  -figure out what can and cannot be done without scripts
                 -start researching scripts needed
           
                  Week 3:
                  - con't of week 2
                  - start debugging
                  - tweak any issues as they arise
                  -cry

                   Week 4:
                - con't of week 3

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