Scio so far

So I thought I would take the time to explain Scio so far. Scio has three parts:

1. A tree sculpture placed on a world map on which the roots stretch to the countries the users are in. The leaves on the tree represent the different users and the color and image on the leaf is dependent on what time of year it is and time of day in the different countries. 
2. A mobile application which keeps people connected.
3. “Branch Out” An augmented reality feature of the app that helps you find other Scio users when abroad.

The mobile app will display a leaf as a widget which will show the time of year in the persons they are connected to country and the time of day where they are so as to give the feeling of a constant connection.

When you click into the app you receive a feed of information from the other user keeping you updated on their goings on. 

The tree is a base for all this information representing it as a data visualization with the roots showing the volume of emigrants while the leaves represent specific people without giving away private information.

Branch out allows the users to point at a crowd of people and identify other Scio users. When a Scio user is identified leaves will appear to dance around the persons indicating that they have Scio. 

The aim of Scio is to connect people to their families and culture as well as display the social message of emigration in Ireland at the present time. 

Overall we still have a lot of research to do but we have the ball rolling so its a start.

 

Portfolio and Group Update

I have my portfolio nearly finished and ended up creating it in Adobe Muse after Zarc suggested it to me. I really like Muse. I found it very easy to use and managed to create the website sooner than I expected which meant I didn’t need the extension I inquired about. 

In relation to the Group project we have our idea which is basically a tree with each leaf representing a message. We have a meeting later so I will go into more detail after that. My role for this year is Designer and secondary programmer. I have been playing around with the logo since the last post and trying to incorporate its design with the project. The current logo design is:

I may go back to this after the presentation and tweak it a bit more.