Magic Sustenance pros and cons

Magic sustenance

Comments, Pros and Cons given by Intro to Experience Design of Wednesdays 8:30 to 11:30 (a.k.a Predator vs. Prey class)

We voted for the best interaction of the Activate event, and Magic sustenance obtained the most number of votes.

Comments (first impressions and the interaction as we saw it)

- The experience attracted a lot of people because of the large 'table' covered in soil and a crowd of people around it

- Upon entry you are given instructions

- You are then given a seed and asked to plant it in the soil

- Upon exit a veggie or a fruit comes out of a soil and you get to keep it

- As an extension you get to eat your veggie/fruit

- Majority of our class filled out an evaluation for this experience, with positive feedback

- This interaction attracted large crowds and was always full of people

- There was a lot of laughter and people seemed to enjoy it

- People were amused with the reward

- Some wished there was a bit more to the extension

- People tried a few times to see what they can get

- Some people didn't keep the reward if they couldn't eat it right away

- Some thought it was dirty, had to wash your hands after

- A suggested improvement was to improve the accuracy (pop the reward out where the seed was planted)

- Some people didn't enjoy it as much, maybe they had different expectations

- People stood around the table talking and interacting

- The table itself was well design and very cleverly done.

Pros:

• It was a unique experience, different to everything else made it active.
• It had an element of surprise in it, you didn’t know what fruit or veggie was coming out for you.
• It was quite exciting.
• In a way it was delicious, you got food for free
• Wasn’t wasteful at all, everything they used was recycled and the fruits were taken by the people who participated in the interaction.

Cons:

• A good way to improve the experience would have been to give less root vegetables and more easy to eat food at the moment.
• The washing station was a bit messy and disorganized, it could have been better.
• Have a mechanism to re-use the fruit people didn’t really want. i.e there was fruit in the table beside the washroom that people were just leaving there. After a while you could see fruit all around the first floor.
• The concept and purpose of the interaction needed to be a little bit more defined and clear. As a group, we had trouble defining the purpose of the interaction. What was the message intended?

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What the Juke?

-The TV screen and the noise attarcte viewers

-As you enter you are asked to pick a juke

-Then people dressed up according to the selected juke come out from the back and engage you in a role playing

-You then exit

-No extension?

• Many thought it was fun, but whe it happened to someone else
• Some people felt silly and odd during the engagemnet
• Easy instructions
• Attracted a lot of viewers, but not too many participants
• Embaracement aside, it was very fun

WeARTToronto

-As OCAD student you get excited by seeing paint

-People with WeArtToronto attracted people

-You were then given paint, brushes and various crafts things

-Then you do what you wnat to creat your master piece

-Your work would then be placed on a pole to be seen by all

-The extension is the created art work, possibly to be displayed somewhere

• Cheering and noises were very attractive
• Totem poles was an awesome concept
• Some people took their time
• It was easy and fun to engage in the experience because ...well...its OCAD
• Good use and storage of canvas (three sides and stacked)

Staredown

-Projections of the eyes on the wall attracted attention

-Once you locate the exprience, the large banner would be somewhat self explanatory

-You would stare someone in the eyes as long as you could

-You then leave and take a treat with you

- Th extension is the treat and possible the video created

• The wall of fame was interesting concept
• Attracted a number of people
• Looking at the eyes in the hallway was more fun then participating in the experience

Paparazzi for All

-You are attracted to the experience because of the loud talking and people running and screaming outside

-You can't really participate in the experience, you can just sit and observe from the side

-Since there is no entry and no exit...there isn't any extension...maybe a webiste?

-If the group decided to select you as the 'victim', you would be surrounded by people and treated like a celebrity for a split second. Some found this a bit scary

-Once your picture is taken, it is thenuploaded and talked about at the V.I.P. room

• Some were confused by the idea
• The talking was amusing, but the experience was laking something
• It was fun to observe though
• Many thought the outside and the inside paparazzi experiences were not connected enough or not clear, because it takes a while to put the two together
• Some people were shocked to see their picture displayed on the screen
• Some were shocked and scared of people running after them
• Closer placement of both parts might have been beneficial

OCADVAS

-Signs and the loud misc attracted a lot of people

-Upon entry you were given paint and instructions

-You then painted what you wanted and where you wanted

-You then would paint at your will

-When you feellike you are done you hand over the paint and leave

-No sure about the extension

• The location was very good
• Was very well organized
• Each 'canvas' had a theme to keep the drawings clean
• There was a lot of laughter
• Some found it a little frustrating that many times the 'canvas' could not remail still
• Music was a bit too loud

Magic Sustenance

-The experience attacted a lotof people because of the large 'table' covered in soil and a crowd of people around it

-Upon entry you are given istructions

-You are then given a seed and asked to plant it

-Upon exit a veggie or a fruit comet out of a soil and you get to keep it

-As an extension you get to eat your veggie/fruit

• Majority of our class filled out an evaluation for this experience
• Attracted large crowds
• There was a lot of laughter and people seemed to enjoy it
• People were amused with the reward
• Somewished there was abit more to the extension
• People tried few time to see what they can get
• Some people didn't keep the reward if they couldn't eat it right away
• Some thought it was dirty, had to wash your hands after
• A suggeted improvment was to improve the accuracy (pop the reward out where the seed was planted)
• Some people didn't enjoy it as much, maybe they had different expectaions
• People stood around the table talking and interacting
• The table itself attaracted a lot of curious people
  
  

Happy Box

-The large structure made out of garbage bags and strange noises atracted a lot of people

-You then enter a dark 'room'

-Then the eyes appear and they starte at you as the coundown starts

-Upon exit, a muffin appears in another opening

-As an extension,you are then serveyed torecord the experience

• Curiosity of what is inside the box attratced a lot of people
• Some felt strange standing in the middle and being started at
• The survey was narrow ended, since they knewthe answers they wanted to recieve
• Some thought the experience was not very pleasant and uncomfortable
• The cup cake made it worth while
• Noises from the 'room' created anticipation
• The decorations could have been a little better
• The mystery of the box attracted a lot of people
• Many expected the experience to be scary
• Quite a bit of waste
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Crikey

-The crocodile heads attract participant

-People encouraging you to participate

-No entry...you start to participate

-Upon engagment, as you stick you hand into the crocodile's mouth, you can't help but feel like something bad is goingto happen. Sometimes something does happen ( water sprayed on your hand or crocodile closes its mouth)

- You thenpullout a lollipop and you are done...no exit

- As an extention, you get to enjoy the lollipop

• The set up was nice
• There were five possibilities of an outcome: lillipop, button, both, crocodile bitting, water
• The experience didn't really require explanation
• Many people kept repeating the experience in order to get the desired outcome
• The guy promoting Crikey was very enthusiastic
• Colourful
• Attracted a number of people
• Many people enjoyed it

Alice in Wonderland

-The movie and the arrows pointing the way attratc you

-Not being able to figure out what the experience is makes people curious

-People dressed up as characters also attracted people

-Upon entery you see flowers and sign leading the way and start to smell the cookies

-During the engagment you play croquet and still smell the cookies

-Upon exit you see the game and the headless cardboard queen and recieve a cookie or a trophy

-As an extension, a picture of you as the queen is taken

• Many enjoyed the game, because it was simple and fun
• Some were dissapointed with the entry
• The colours and music were very attractive
• Some thought it wasnot exciting, but went because of the promised cookie
• The experience didn't involve the audience
• The experience felt very short
• The picture taken at the end didn't really connect with the experience
• Entarance could have been more noticable
• Most participants were satisfied upon reciving a cookie
  

Virtual Haircut

-You are attracted tot he site by hearing music and seeing the curtains

-You are asked to enter and upon entry see a chair, a computer and more magazines. Music is still playing

-A picture of you is taken and someone is giving you an 'imaginary' hair cut

-Upon exits your picture is shown to you
-The final picture is emailed to you as part of the extension

• The set up took a lot of time
• Curiousity "What's behind the curtain?"
• The experience makes you feel like you are in a real salon
• The sound of the scissors and the hair coming out of nowhere was fascinating
• The girls did a good job acting out thier roles
• The hair color on the final picture is different, thus not very convincing

Excercise 10: Karan

TV/Couch

-You enter by sitting on the couch

-You then watch a movie

-And you leave when you want

• This was actually an experience
• Atracted almost no people
• I wish there was a banner to know what this was or someone to ask wha this was all about
• It would have attracted more people if there was a banner

FREE BEATS

• Although no one filled out an evaluation form for FREE BEATS it was rather busy most of the time
• The weather prevented it from attracting more people
• It was attracting people outside of OCAD
• It would be nice to have an extension, maybe just record the beats created and put them on the web
• It was fun because it didn'tlimit you in any way

-The attraction would deffenatly be the noise

-You pick an instrument upon entarance

-During the engagment you play the instrudent and when you had enough you exit and put the instrument back

15 Minutes of Fame

-Attracts the participants due to its large construction

-Upon entry you see a large canvas and holding a bucket

-During the engagment you watch paint drip all over the canvas

-No exit and no extention, after you let go of the bucket you are done

• Kind of fun to make a mess
• The engagment is very short
• The experiencemight have been improved if exit and extention was thought through
• You kind of wish there was more control over the experience, then just push the bucket
• Over time there was too much paint on the canvas
• People thought it was fun and looked nice
• Not too many people seemed to be interested

Katie Gale-Exercise 10