Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Getting Back to the ID(K)EA

So I keep on talking about how I want this project to "educate, educate, educate" and my professor suggested that I check out WGBHs website, since their purpose is to educate. After looking through the site—something that has been in the back of mind came forward. 

I've decided to add a twist to the project that hopefully make it seem a little more robust. Instead of having it just focus on stereoscopy from the beginning, this will be the new context for the site:

"Welcome to inDepth.

The purpose of this site is to
educate technology enthusiests,
and designers about new
technologies that may someday
be a part of our everyday lives.

Each month a new technology will
be showcased and a library of this
information will be built for future
generations to draw from."

And from there I will then focus on stereoscopy. The topic for the "first month" will be stereoscopy. The goal will be to give technology enthusiasts and designers an inDepth look at the history, the present day and to peer into the future of this technology. 

The focus will be on the different uses and possible uses for 3D. It will ask questions as well as answer them—does it make sense to use 3D in motion graphics, web sites, in print? What are the benefits, the drawbacks? Does 3D really add to the movie going experience? Looking at the history we will see the ups and downs that stereoscopy has gone through—the niches, if you will. 

Do people want to buy all new technology to see movies in 3D in their homes?
After the Blu-Ray vs. HD format do people want to go through a 2D vs. 3D format war?
Will television studios and movies studios back the technology? 

The information will be presented in an experimental format at times—like if we are asking the question, "does it make sense to use 3D in motion graphics?", then it would make sense to make parts of this section in 3D motion graphics, and so on, and so on....

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