Virtual Henna
Leap Motion Interactive Experience
The brief.
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Create a virtual experience that is original, creative, and fun, to be displayed in a museum, under the topic of ethnicities and cultures.
Motivation.
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People can be board in museum tours, people want to be engaged with the art. Museums are not passive anymore, tourist like interactive experiences.
Target Audience.
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Tourists and locals.
People of all ages and genders.
The concept.
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To create a virtual henna experience using a motion sensor - specifically a leap motion. The gesture of henna drawing will be the same as in real life.
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The interactive experience can be amusing for people never drawn henna before.
Research & Inspiration.
Sketches.
Photography.
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To get the right feeling of an Arabian Henna night, I did some experimentation with photography. First, I had a floral background with colored nail polish, and then a plain blush color background with clean nails. But it didn't work, so I use a stock image that captures the celebration atmosphere in the photo.
Creating Templates.
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I wanted the virtual henna experience to be user friendly for those who did draw henna before. So I created design templates out of real henna pictures I found online. Therefore, the user can choose to have a template to follow or have white space for creativity.
Final Design & Coding Strategy.
Final Product.