Podbot Factory

Onsite interaction

Overview

Podbot Factory is an onsite interaction project that developed the relationship between toys and people with an analog deliverable. During the playing, I observed how people connect tangible components with digital output, I also explored the opportunities of future toy-human interaction through Podbot characters.

My role

Product Strategy, Interaction, Visual design, Developing

Demo

Inspiration

Podbot is a toy brand I designed before. After I learned Processing and Arduino, I decided to turn the flat image into an onsite interaction project.

User flow

Technique details

I created the visual in processing and tangible control in Arduino. The buttons are bought from adafruit.

Results and takeaways

On the presentation day, more than 200 podbots were created by visitors.