Fusion of nature and tech
The 1-year project CO/OP Tree of the study programme Media Engineering @ TH Nürnberg had the goal to create an interactive Multimedia installation in form of an abstract tree, represented by acrylic base plates with LED stripes as roots, acrilic cubes as trunk with interaction possibilities and an LED Crown.
Yet, Corona broke out after half a year into the project, and we changed the goal to simulate this installation with the possibility to create it afterwards in real life.
Interaction Concept for the Multimedia Installation "CO/OP Tree"
„The interactor is playing nature. The trees life is dependent on the small actions of many individuals, bringing them together in a Co-Operation. Individuals can in-fluence or represent the factors of nature which are important for the tree:
water, soil | temperature | sound/wind | „energy“
By adjusting these factors, the tree responds accordingly. If the factors are correct-ly adjusted, the user gets a positive feedback through audiovisuals. If they are in-correctly adjusted, the user gets a negative feedback “
water, soil | temperature | sound/wind | „energy“
By adjusting these factors, the tree responds accordingly. If the factors are correct-ly adjusted, the user gets a positive feedback through audiovisuals. If they are in-correctly adjusted, the user gets a negative feedback “
Prototypes & Concepts
About the project
We first created prototypes with Arduinos, but after one semester, we needed to change things up doe to CoViD and switched to a simulation of the CoopTree using openFrameworks and the Unreal Engine.
My role in this project group of 10 people was the technical project management with focus on software. The project consisted of 5 individual subgroups, each person was part of 2-3 groups. I was responsible for management of the teams, smooth interaction of the software products and time management. This was achieved by throughout use of UML Diagrams, Time tables and concept iterations.
My efforts in this project yielded the grades 1.3 for the first semester and 1.0 for the second semester (Both A).
Due to personal rights, the Presentation Video explaining the project in depth can not be shown here. But the Demo Video demonstrating the main functions of the simulation is available (german audio):