A wearable of some form (bracelet, necklace, other jewelry, clothing item) glows when you have made contact with your, and your wearable’s counterpart.

This is a literal take on the more emotional response of ‘lighting up’ as a person when you are in contact with a person whom you have strong feelings for.

It seems facetious in some imagined scenarios, but could be a subtle exposure and reinforcement of feelings couples have for each other.

Group Members: Abdulla Alhajri, Lia Bogoev, Amy Loomis, Nono Martinez Alonso, Harpreet Sareen

Random mode: This basic mode creates a course configuration for the player using a near-random algorithm. The user can hone his or her skills on an ever-changing course.

Training mode: Using computer vision, iPutt projects the optimal path for the ball to follow to make the shot and provides the user with a target to putt toward that places the user’s ball on that optimal path. Even over changing terrain, computer vision and calculation will work to improve the player’s game. 

Dynamic mode: In this challenging mode, players try to score a hole-in-one on a dynamically changing course, which changes even after the player has hit the ball.

Multiplayer mode: In multiplayer mode, iPutt takes game play to the next level. Now, friends don’t have to be on the same golf course to play together. One player chooses a course, and the other player’s iPutt will match the other’s course configuration. Using computer vision and projection, iPutt shows your opponent’s ball as it moves along the green.

Potential developments:

• incorporate texture changes to mimic varying terrain
• alter the natural physics on the course by magnetic or other interaction with the ball

Initially, I was imagining an antiquated problem that involves tall people and chandeliers. Collisions involving a mix of these things are no fun, so could we make a soft pneumatically actuated light source that solves this problem in a modern way?

Upon consideration of other variables users might want to interact with, I am imagining tying the variables of brightness, color temperature, and lighted location on a table to gestures that the box itself would be watching for.

I’m looking forward to learning from you all in this course!