P1 Conceptual Design Summary

Use scenario:

Stefani is a young DJ/entertainer, and she is looking for a new way to present music. She decides to wear Bubble Pop Electric to a party. She enters the stage-nervous. She switches one of the main beat bubbles. She twists it to adjust the volume, and she then turns a main music bubble to start the main song. The LED panel on the body suit displays animation following the music. As the crowd gets excited, she turns on her beat shoes and begins stomping. The stomp shoes accelerate the bass of the music every time the shoes hit the ground, and the LEDs on the shoes react to her stomping. Stefani feels more comfortable on stage, so she begins dancing. The suit reads the capacitance and creates a whammy bar effect on the music. With LEDs flashing all over the body along with Stefani's cool music mash, the crowd is more excited than ever. 

Storyboard: This is Stefani's story

Sketches: 

The sketch accommodates changes made based on class discussion. The team decided to eliminate the hat due to its lack of tie to the main suit and a clear purpose. Also, instead of providing a sash as an active space, we decided to keep the bubbles in designated areas. This reduces the danger of bubbles falling everywhere and confusion over the location of bubbles. The area where the sash is to be replaced with a LED panel that will display visuals based on the music playing. We are also planning to add a belt with on-and-off switches+sliders for the beat shoes and the LED panel. Overall, the main compositions of Bubble Pop Electric includes:

1. Stretch sensor suit+LED panel: the stretch sensors located on the sides will measure the capacitance of the user's movement and create whammy bar effects according to the movement. The LED panel will display animation based on music playing.

2. Music bubbles: The music bubbles are designated in four different areas of the body-right and left shoulders and right and left hip/thighs. Each designation carries a main, beat, and sample music and you may turn them on my twisting them. Once activated, the LED lights in the bubbles will light up.

3. Beat shoes: The beat shoes are embedded with vibration sensors. They will react whenever the user stomps. This will translate into acceleration of the bass and also LED lights turning on. 

(Also, there will be a belt to turn the devices on and off.)

Low-fidelity prototype:

This is the video of the demonstration we did in class with our low-fidelity prototype.

And the following is a screen shot of the GarageBand composition used for the demo.