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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

DISPLAY UNITS - CONTROL - A BIG GLOWING BUTTON

Although we are installing iMacs that are meant as passive or hands off interactive experiences that doesn't mean we can't add another layer of interaction. Take the 'ANXIETY ALIEN' for example. This one is not meant for the display units but rather for keyboard and laptop use. The idea being that the user drags a slider up and down to change the anxiety of the alien.
However, with the addition of a Griffin Powermate button we could run more complex interactives on these display units...



I've used this little beauty hundreds of times in the past and it still looks awesome even after a decade or so. It's basically a pulsing blue button, but you can double tap it, turn it, press and turn etc.

I programmed the 'Anxiety' of the alien to increase as you turn the dial and it's a great way to interact.

Also, it can even be used for the TaskMaster type games. You turn the dial to select an answer and hit the button to choose it. 

This cheap bit of tech means we can run just about everything we make on the display units.

(I labelled this as JABS as it directly relates to our interactives but I did not make the button unfortunately)

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