Week 16 - User Testing #2
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After last week's results we were very exited to continue with our user test on various people and see the effects shared music has on people who have never met each other before.
This week we matched the participants playlists and chose to play them a 'First Aid Kit' song, based on their favourite artists and songs. The general atmosphere in the car was a bit awkward at first - they were not making eye contact most of the time and were looking mostly Forward and sideways. We realised that moments of silence creates bigger awkwardness. But as the song kept on playing we noticed that the interaction between our participants became more calm, less awkward and pleasant - They Talked about the song and the band, which brought up a common topic - Sweden (one of the participants is Swedish and the other participant likes the band which is from Sweden).
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Week 16 - User Testing #2
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After last week's results we were very exited to continue with our user test on various people and see the effects shared music has on people who have never met each other before.
This week we matched the participants playlists and chose to play them a 'First Aid Kit' song, based on their favourite artists and songs. The general atmosphere in the car was a bit awkward at first - they were not making eye contact most of the time and were looking mostly Forward and sideways. We realised that moments of silence creates bigger awkwardness. But as the song kept on playing we noticed that the interaction between our participants became more calm, less awkward and pleasant - They Talked about the song and the band, which brought up a common topic - Sweden (one of the participants is Swedish and the other participant likes the band which is from Sweden).
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Cooper's Gestures
This week we progressed in developing the mechanism and Cooper is already making grating gestures and moving according to the music. In addition to the development we tried to test the flexibility of the movements - we tried different types of springs and checked the responses of users so that the movement would not be mechanical and feel more human movement and spontaneous.
On Wednesday Ani printed Cooper - for the first time!
Cooper's first version is ready and we are very happy with the result. We will fix and change some of the parts on Sunday as it is not yet perfect, but it is a good, working version of Cooper and we believe we will be able to use it for our final video.
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Because a picture is worth a thousand words - we added some videos and images of Copper's progress this week. The videos below show how Cooper dances with the music and making greeting gestures.
