10 October 2015
App development
At the very bottom of the app are three hall effect sensors and a magnet stuck on the wheel. From this connection it’s possible to establish when and how often a rotation happens, and so the speed of the user running/walking on the wheel.
The mechanism is very simple: a magnet gives an input each time that passes by a…
8 October 2015
Renders
Here are two renders representing the complete structure of the wheel with the various connections.
The next challenge is to actually build it, I wish I could just 3D print this……
2 October 2015
Play vs Game
An interesting article Andrzej Marczewki explains the difference between play and game and therefore between playfulness and gamification.
He summarises his reasoning with some bullet points:
– Play is free form and has no extrinsically imposed goals. It is done for fun or joy.
– Games add defined goals and rules to play (such as challenges).
– Toys are objects…
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