Week 23

 

This week, we submitted various proposals for the VIRAK conference, and started working on a new touch table application. This application is focused on books and materials related to the movie “Hidden Figures”, about the key role of female mathematicians in the NASA space program, which was largely unknown so far (trailer). Before the general release in Norway, the movie will be pre-screened at the Science Library on the 8th of March. The touch table application is part of a small Hidden Figures exhibition, and is related to the larger “DAMER! 100 år med kvinner i realfagene ved UiO” exhibition. The design of this application will give us more insights into the possibilities to visualize book content on touch devices.

Specific activities, including

• Finalize and submit VIRAK proposals (13.02, 14.02)

Six proposals submitted, including workshop, paper, pecha kucha and digital clip proposals, see list of VIRAK proposals

• Hidden Figures movie screening at the Science Library

Part of DAMER! 100 år med kvinner i realfagene v/UiO exhibition, 8 March 2017

Within the Visual Navigation Project we will make a visual touch table application related to the Hidden Figures movie

Steps in the application design:

• Creating mockup Hidden Figures application for touch table (14.02,15.02)
• Using Powerpoint and original movie artwork provided by Fox
• Divide each element into layers (photoshop), save as separate layers (paint.net), import into powerpoint, make clickable
• Create character pages, initial content:
  • Creating initial rough prototype Hidden Figures application (16.02)

    • Using ximpel.net, image files

    • Define position and size for each image element

    • Create sample storylines

    • Initial test on touch table

    • Trying out animations in foreground and background

Specific meetings, including

• Presentation at UB board meeting (14.02.17)

Remarks and questions:

• “The journey is the destination”, holds true for whole library
• On visualization, it could be an idea to contact the people working at the UiO Museum. They are doing 3D visualizations, etc.
• Importance of supporting, documenting and presenting previous work
• VIRAK as culmination of work of first project year