final project : paper

(10=50)
Through my project, I want to explore how images are translated into words. I intend to develop a program that investigates relationship between images and words.


Images and words are the tools we use to communicate. Things we see, words we speak, read, write are all interconnected, and they become part of our interactive experience. What I find interesting is that even though images and words are connected ( we can match a picture of an apple with a word apple.), there is a gap between images and words. When two people look at one image more complicated than a picture of an apple, what each individuals have in their minds are different. The image they looked at was the same but the words they choose to describe the image will be different because they have different personal experiences and ways of thinking. So, to visualize this difference in words, I would like to make a program that shows 10 images to the users, and ask users to create a 50 words based on the images they saw. Then the program counts words and show which words are mentioned the most frequently. This is to find out what would be the common words that people write from the images that were given.

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final project:presentation

here are the presentation slides.
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prototype stage 2

revised storyboard

Show images as a contact sheet( 10 images at one time instead of one image at a time): to avoid going back.


project name :10/50 - ways of thinking
-this is an experiment on how people translate images into words. 10 images become 50 words. and see what words are mentioned the most ( expecting there will be some words crossed over)
and the reason people have different words is because individuals have their own way of thinking.
-show users ten images ask to write 50 words poem.
-target audience is people who have camera phones(for image viewing), blackberry, iphone.

data/Users : i need to have base data set before new participants send their words.
output: the visual
ten images will be on the background as slide show
Size of the text = number of times the word is mentioned

images:

these are the images i took so far. i'm still working on ideas for the imagery and the order of each photos.

prototype

role protoype:
The image/word program can be shown in the public space such as gallery and lobby of office type of buildings. People see slides of images, and create their own stories ( input ) > the program counts words > the words entered by users will be displayed on the wall(output).







look and feel:
I thought about film strips. Because it’s about creating stories, I wanted all the images look like they are part of one story. Below the images, there’s a text box for typing.

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role 2:
website. the program will be on-line.

look and feel 2:



role 3:
collect data using mobile phones. target users are people who have camera phones so they are able to view the images.
the users receive images ( or a movie) > type their stories > the visualization can be either web site( users can check out the site after they enter their stories, or it can be projected on public space. )

look and feel 3:

more look and feel options:
4. this options shows how many times the words have typed by the users. the numbers and words will be changed when new data is received .

5. i thought about combining words and images for output. so when you users see the result they can compare their words with images.

6. this layout can be applied to all 3 of the roles. the images become a movie clip and it will be running as background. ( it will look like bitmap ) the words appear on top of the background. i haven't figured out typography on the words yet. since the background images will be bigger, it would be better if the words are in smaller sizes.

precedents

Manyeyes:
Many eyes is on-line data visualization tool. when the users enter data( words, numbers) it creates charts, diagrams based on information entered.



we feel fine:
users type information ( their emotions, weather, age, etc.) and the website shows the collected date.


Google image tagging game

revised idea - final

one sentence/ one paragraph:
Develop a program that explores how images are translated into words ( relationship between images and words).

Images and words are the tools we use to communicate. Things we see, words we speak, read, write are all interconnected, and they become part of our interactive experience. What I find interesting is that even though images and words are connected ( we can match a picture of an apple with a word apple.), there is a gap between images and words. When two people look at one imagery more complicated than a picture of an apple, what each individuals have in their minds are different. The image they looked at was the same but the words they choose to describe the image will be different. So, to investigate this further I’d like to make a program that shows images to the users, and ask users to create their own stories based on the images they see. Then the program counts words and analyze which words are used the most.

Input data > word count > output ( data visualization)