MAS.834 » dhairyadand http://mas834.media.mit.edu MAS.834, MIT Media Lab, Fall 2012. Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:17:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Map-It! http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2012/09/28/map-it/ http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2012/09/28/map-it/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:47:30 +0000 dhairyadand https://courses.media.mit.edu/2012fall/mas834/mas834/?p=779 Continue reading ]]> ideation by design 

Map-It! is an interactive digital tabletop that promotes the learning of geography. It would be preprogrammed with larger places such as cities, states, and countries but would also allow for creativity by integrating a create-you-own function. With this function, a user could create their own map of their neighborhood to share with a friend or family member. This map could then be saved to a map piece ( probably a fiducial marker or QR code on the bottom of an acrylic or wood piece) and used to pull up the map on someone elses Map-it!. The use of a table as opposed to an ipad or computer would allow for more detail to be integrated into the design while still being able to see the larger picture. Ideally Map-It! would be able to map the physical terrain of a domain through hands on manipulation and would also be able to save that information. However, i’m not sure how to actually implement that.

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