For the “Convergence task” we have to produce a proof of concept PDF document that responds to one of the
following themes:

Making simple music
The death of newspapers/books
Personal security
The Digital Doctor
Toy Hack

Since these are the topics we worked on in our digital interaction workshops I decided to further develop the idea I worked on then (Part1, Part2).

Research

This will be more a collection of existing ideas then me talking through it.

This is what I found when searching for “interactive floor” (small warning at the beginning – the music in awefull)

– Short article for a DIY Interactive Dance floor on Hack n Mod that links to the actual Insturctions

– The web design is horrific for this one but all about flashy floors so enjoy!

– This dance-off floor and the paper on it is the closest I could find to my idea. I was worried that they where going for the same idea as mine but luckily it does differ from my concept. As far as I can see to this point I might have actually come up with a very individual idea (woop).

The above examples are all based on a pressure triggered led floor which at the moment I think is what I’m going with. But I also found some cool other interactive floor ideas, which I’d like to share.

– Touch-sensitive video-screen floor is in step with you

Really cool concept for a body operated system:

interactive flower pettals for wedding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp9F8PwW5M8

A really awesome way of playing Tetris: