As a group we crystallised our ideas into two main ones. The first idea was inspired from the movie The Dark Knight (Batman), where the main character uses a cluster of mobile phones as an alternative to sonar devices to map and visualise an enclosed environment.
Since the mobile devices in the market today are not sensitive enough to reliably intercept the sound signals, our approach to this is going to be to use sonar devices instead as a proof of concept.
This technology would be beneficial in environments where vision is limited or inexistant, such as:
- Looking around a corner or behind a wall.
- Fire rescue and combat, where vision is quite limited (smoke).
- Helping the visually impaired.
The second idea is a subliminal controller. The goal is to provide subliminal feedback to the user and input to the machine. The main output is a “RGB scent printer” which would be able to create a range of smells based on the user's experience within the application and an IllumiRoom-type of visual output which would be synced with the scents. The subliminal input is a bracelet which detects the user’s pulse and changes the in-game experience based on it.
This technology could be used in:
- Gaming
- Cinemas
- Combat Simulations
Below is the video of us presenting our ideas to rest of the class.
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