Well this week I finally started my gratuation project. It is fun to see with what kind of project you end up with after the years of Communication and Multimedia Design. Two years ago I thought I would create a big 3D animation. I have done that as a part of the crew of the Mata Hari project and decided that my passions lay elsewhere.

I discovered I am obsessed with new technology. Not all kinds of new tech but tech focussed on human interaction. Tech that can give you insights and true experiences. I scout my RSS feeds daily for new innovations and try to imagine what will become of that. Some obvious examples I share but others will go into my bookmarks for later reference.

On the road of my study I also encountered an area that is still a real barren land and needs new visions and tech. All by working on a simulation project that came on my road by accident. I was introduced into the world of Serious Games and I liked the way interaction and 3D environments came together to form learning experiences.

My graduation project will focus on an interaction design on how to maximize this learning experience both on the input and output side. My goal is to get an immersive and ‘fun’ experience that complies with the goals of the learning instrument. What is needed and to be avoided.

I am still in the first orientation phase and try to get my question as clear as possible and try to find people that can answer some of my questions. Well this is of course not a study that is done by the end of the grad project but I hope to get my ideas into a clear vision that I can share.