Brainstorm for TUI Project

The following are four preliminary ideas for our TUI project. We independantly thought of projects/ideas we found personally compelling, then regrouped to discuss them further. THe following four ideas were identified as feasible and compelling to the whole group. We each chose one idea to examine the more in depth before choosing a final project.

1. Sensory Memory Recall for Brainstorming
Problem: brainstorming is currently very one-dimensional since it is heavily text based which does not lend itself extremely well to creativity.
Users: designers, students, researchers, communication impaired, everyone who thinks....

2. Curatorial Data Collection
Problem: No unified way to collect data on and represent/brainstorm experimental sensory experiences: predominately through trial and error, mental notes of craft knowledge.
Users: curators, event planners, artists (especially installation artists)

3. Sharing Spaces
Problem: You can't be in two places at once -> there is no "surround sound experience". There is no way for two involved parties to communicate with eachother while simultaneously sharing expereinces from their environments.
Users: couples, friends, families, anyone physically apart.

4. Child Communication
Problem: Children don't have the vocabulary and communication experience to be able to communicate effectively.
Users: children, parents, doctors, teachers