Right so i've created a demo video for this piece of work. This is mainly because i encountered a number of different problems when trying to code the application for the Iphone.
The main one being my lack of knowledge of C++
Here is the link to the demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNTOPP_wY2I
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Monday, 26 April 2010
IDAT210 - App store
Well i thought i would just design a page for the application page on the itunes library.
You can find it at the link below.
http://www.garrybarter.com/idat210/home.html
You can find it at the link below.
http://www.garrybarter.com/idat210/home.html
IDAT210 - Implementation
So once i've done the designs of the interface i decided to create a couple things to show how the application will be implemented.
Once the user arrives at the festival for example, they will be able to locate a wireless Wi-Fi network on their mobile phone.
Then to connect to the Wi-Fi network they will use the unique number that they will be able to find on their ticket.
Once they access the wirless network, and enter the code, they will be able to download the application. Once they have this downloaded they will be able to access it from their phones menu.
Once the user arrives at the festival for example, they will be able to locate a wireless Wi-Fi network on their mobile phone.
Then to connect to the Wi-Fi network they will use the unique number that they will be able to find on their ticket.
Once they access the wirless network, and enter the code, they will be able to download the application. Once they have this downloaded they will be able to access it from their phones menu.
IDAT210 - Designs
Ok so after coming across the main problem in my application and fixing it i decided to start designing interfaces.
This is the main menu system for the application. The user will be able to load up any of the links by touching any of the links.
The interface also includes the logo of the application and the ability to fully navigate around the interface.
This is the main menu system for the application. The user will be able to load up any of the links by touching any of the links.
The interface also includes the logo of the application and the ability to fully navigate around the interface.
IDAT210 - Development Part 2
I recently came across a major flaw in my project. As i was designing the application i found that a major problem with the program.
If you need to find your friend in a big crowd, a GPS location of them is not really going to help so i needed to develop something that will actually show the friend.
So i came up with a new feature for the program. You will be now be able to load up the camera on the mobile application, scan the area that your standing in. Then the camera will display the location of the friend your trying to find.
This sytem is called augmented reality, developing something on top of current reality.
The image above was an early version of the augmented reality feature, however i felt that it was neccessary to include some on-screen prompts that will show the exact distance and location of the friend.
If you need to find your friend in a big crowd, a GPS location of them is not really going to help so i needed to develop something that will actually show the friend.
So i came up with a new feature for the program. You will be now be able to load up the camera on the mobile application, scan the area that your standing in. Then the camera will display the location of the friend your trying to find.
This sytem is called augmented reality, developing something on top of current reality.
The image above was an early version of the augmented reality feature, however i felt that it was neccessary to include some on-screen prompts that will show the exact distance and location of the friend.
IDAT210 - Development Part 1
So now i've defined what im going to do i started my development of the program.
To begin with i decided how i would show my product, whether i would actually create the application or just develop a prototype with images.
I think for now im going to develop it as if i could create it even if i do run out of time to actually create it.
To begin with ive done a couple diagrams to show the workings of my system.
IDAT210 - Friend Finder
Well its time i start developing my idea i think, as i said earlier, Friend Finder is a small application that is available to users that go to largely populated events such as music festivals and football games.
The system allows users to create friends lists, view useful information and then find their friends whilst at the events. The application is designed for the Iphone however could easily be designed for Android/Normal mobile devices.
The system allows users to create friends lists, view useful information and then find their friends whilst at the events. The application is designed for the Iphone however could easily be designed for Android/Normal mobile devices.
IDAT210 - Augmented Reality Links
Well as i said in my last post i thought i would give a link to my work from another module.
The first link will take you to a product page for my final product.
http://www.garrybarter.com/ar/project.html
The second link will take you to the blog posts for that module. These explain my thoughts throughout the development of my work.
http://garrybarter.blogspot.com/search/label/IDAT204
The first link will take you to a product page for my final product.
http://www.garrybarter.com/ar/project.html
The second link will take you to the blog posts for that module. These explain my thoughts throughout the development of my work.
http://garrybarter.blogspot.com/search/label/IDAT204
IDAT210 - Updated research
Quick post about research for my new idea. As my new idea sticks to the fundamentals of my previous idea i think it would be pretty pointless just to post it up again.
However i have decided to change one of my 5 keywords...
LOCATIVE MEDIA
SOCIAL NETWORKING
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
AUGMENTED REALITY
I have decided to change online security to augmented reality. This is because after completing a project for another module and i feel that this technology could become very useful.
However i have decided to change one of my 5 keywords...
LOCATIVE MEDIA
SOCIAL NETWORKING
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
AUGMENTED REALITY
I have decided to change online security to augmented reality. This is because after completing a project for another module and i feel that this technology could become very useful.
IDAT210 - New Idea
Ok so after discussing my idea with Ben i have decided to create a new idea.
Ben suggested that i stick with my initial idea to an extent, but instead choose an area and focus on it instead of doing a broad, general idea.
So i started thinking about combining social networking and locative media on a smaller scale than before.
I used the idea of looking for your friends in nightclubs on nights out, and using your mobile to do this. This got me thinking of other situations where you will need to find your friend.
So i came up with the idea of Friend Finder. Friend Finder helps the user find their friends in large scale organised events, such as music festivals and football games.
So i designed a logo for it. Here it is
Ben suggested that i stick with my initial idea to an extent, but instead choose an area and focus on it instead of doing a broad, general idea.
So i started thinking about combining social networking and locative media on a smaller scale than before.
I used the idea of looking for your friends in nightclubs on nights out, and using your mobile to do this. This got me thinking of other situations where you will need to find your friend.
So i came up with the idea of Friend Finder. Friend Finder helps the user find their friends in large scale organised events, such as music festivals and football games.
So i designed a logo for it. Here it is
IDAT210 - Screens
All of these screens will be inserted into a iphone template to show with my work.
Sunday, 21 February 2010
IDAT210 - Implementation
To implement this product i will try and create the actual website with a java based application that will allow the users to actually use my social networking website.
As well as creating the website and application, i will also try and set up an online community that uses the network to meet with each other.
As well as creating the website and application, i will also try and set up an online community that uses the network to meet with each other.
IDAT210 - Inspiration
So after looking around the different articles and looking into popularity and usage figures i have decided on my main influences for this project.
My main social networking influence will of course be Facebook, simply because of how popular it is. As well as this i will look into the influence of Twitter and how such a simple idea can be so popular.
For my locative media influence i will look towards such programs as Bliin & Street Maverns. For these two i think i need to install these pieces of software to figure out how they work and there limitations.
My main social networking influence will of course be Facebook, simply because of how popular it is. As well as this i will look into the influence of Twitter and how such a simple idea can be so popular.
For my locative media influence i will look towards such programs as Bliin & Street Maverns. For these two i think i need to install these pieces of software to figure out how they work and there limitations.
IDAT210 - GPS/Social media programs out there
After looking at the GPS history, im now going to look at some of the other websites out there that combine GPS and social networking.
The first website is called "mologogo" - Apparently "mologogo" is a free service that will track you and your friends using dirt-cheap GPS phones and smart phones.
http://www.mologogo.com/
Apparently this service has been around since 2005, however i've never heard of it. The website is very user friendly and i think the creators have created it simply to make money.
The second website is called "ipoki". Ipoki is currently in BETA still but it seems quite cool, like an early version of what i want to do, basically you install the software to your phone and then can share the position with other people. The only downside seems to be that it doesn't offer much in terms of social networking.
http://www.ipoki.com/
The third website seems the most like what i want to create. Its called "bliin" and is a bit more hardware based then what i want to create.
http://bliin.com/
To explain it more i've found this link on the BBC website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6767593.stm
The first website is called "mologogo" - Apparently "mologogo" is a free service that will track you and your friends using dirt-cheap GPS phones and smart phones.
http://www.mologogo.com/
Apparently this service has been around since 2005, however i've never heard of it. The website is very user friendly and i think the creators have created it simply to make money.
The second website is called "ipoki". Ipoki is currently in BETA still but it seems quite cool, like an early version of what i want to do, basically you install the software to your phone and then can share the position with other people. The only downside seems to be that it doesn't offer much in terms of social networking.
http://www.ipoki.com/
The third website seems the most like what i want to create. Its called "bliin" and is a bit more hardware based then what i want to create.
http://bliin.com/
To explain it more i've found this link on the BBC website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6767593.stm
IDAT210 - GPS Timeline
After looking at the social networking websites i've decided to look at the other main part of my project, GPS.
Once again i thought i would check out the history of the device, i examined this subject for another project, so i know a little about the history already.
This is a link to a pretty decent timeline on GPS.
http://www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/gpstimeline.html
Interesting to see how it was developed by the US military, not very surprising though!
Once again i thought i would check out the history of the device, i examined this subject for another project, so i know a little about the history already.
This is a link to a pretty decent timeline on GPS.
http://www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/gpstimeline.html
Interesting to see how it was developed by the US military, not very surprising though!
IDAT210 - Social Networking Popularity
After looking at the history of the different social networking sites i thought i would try to find some figures and reviews on each of the websites.
The first article i found is something called "Social Networking Evaluation Chart"
http://www.digizen.org.uk/socialnetworking/snsComparison.aspx
This article goes through everything on each of the websites, apart from Twitter for some reason, and compares the different sites. It has 5 main sections of comparison, General Info, Groups, Design & Customisation, Security & Access, Viewing & Moving Content. These sections are then split again to look at specific subjects within the groups.
This next article is a little different to what i wanted to find however it is quite interesting.
http://mashable.com/2009/12/31/social-media-web-2/
This article examines how popular social networking is on the internet by looking at google search results.
The first article i found is something called "Social Networking Evaluation Chart"
http://www.digizen.org.uk/socialnetworking/snsComparison.aspx
This article goes through everything on each of the websites, apart from Twitter for some reason, and compares the different sites. It has 5 main sections of comparison, General Info, Groups, Design & Customisation, Security & Access, Viewing & Moving Content. These sections are then split again to look at specific subjects within the groups.
This next article is a little different to what i wanted to find however it is quite interesting.
http://mashable.com/2009/12/31/social-media-web-2/
This article examines how popular social networking is on the internet by looking at google search results.
Graph on search results of "Social Media" & "web 2.0"
This graph shows how the popularity of social media searches is really starting to rise. Maybe proving that is more than just a "fad"
The final link is a very useful article, it shows the most popular social networking websites ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Alexa Rank, and US traffick data from Compete and Quantcast. Obviously most of this is only from the US though, it is not easy to track worldwide traffic im afraid.
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites
It is interesting to note the top three being Facebook, MySpace, Twitter. A lot of people may be surprised to see MySpace above Twitter still, but this data is very up to date, in fact it's less than a month old (from the date of this post).
The final link is a very useful article, it shows the most popular social networking websites ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Alexa Rank, and US traffick data from Compete and Quantcast. Obviously most of this is only from the US though, it is not easy to track worldwide traffic im afraid.
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites
It is interesting to note the top three being Facebook, MySpace, Twitter. A lot of people may be surprised to see MySpace above Twitter still, but this data is very up to date, in fact it's less than a month old (from the date of this post).
IDAT210 - Social Networking -The main players
Well i thought i had to do this post about this subject, as everyone immeaditely thinks of these websites when the word social networking is mentioned. This websites are Facebook, Bebo, Twitter & MySpace.
In a way these are the most powerful websites and in the instance of Facebook seem to have ripped up the rulebook. What i mean is, if you look at the history of social networking websites, they come in, making a big noise on the web at the same time. Last about 2/3 years, then are replaced by another new social networking website. However if you look at Facebook, it came in and took the users from MySpace, the biggest social networking website before Facebook, and it looked as if the cycle was about to happen. However due to the massive amount of users on Facebook, this has given them the financial powers to stay ahead of the other websites in terms of technology and features, which means they are not going to be replaced so easily.
The only main rival at the moment to the social network crown seems to be Twitter. Twitter is unique because it is different to every other social networking website as it simply allows the user to update other "followers" of their daily actions and thoughts.
Because of this massive battle for the "king of social networking" spot i thought i would have a look for some articles on the net about the history of the major players in the market.
The first article is about Facebook and its history.
http://mashable.com/2006/08/25/facebook-profile/
The second article is about Twitter and its brief history.
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/01/a-brief-history-of-twitter/
The third article is about MySpace and its history.
http://personalweb.about.com/od/myspacecom/a/whatismyspace_5.htm
In a way these are the most powerful websites and in the instance of Facebook seem to have ripped up the rulebook. What i mean is, if you look at the history of social networking websites, they come in, making a big noise on the web at the same time. Last about 2/3 years, then are replaced by another new social networking website. However if you look at Facebook, it came in and took the users from MySpace, the biggest social networking website before Facebook, and it looked as if the cycle was about to happen. However due to the massive amount of users on Facebook, this has given them the financial powers to stay ahead of the other websites in terms of technology and features, which means they are not going to be replaced so easily.
The only main rival at the moment to the social network crown seems to be Twitter. Twitter is unique because it is different to every other social networking website as it simply allows the user to update other "followers" of their daily actions and thoughts.
Because of this massive battle for the "king of social networking" spot i thought i would have a look for some articles on the net about the history of the major players in the market.
The first article is about Facebook and its history.
http://mashable.com/2006/08/25/facebook-profile/
The second article is about Twitter and its brief history.
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/01/a-brief-history-of-twitter/
The third article is about MySpace and its history.
http://personalweb.about.com/od/myspacecom/a/whatismyspace_5.htm
IDAT210 - Quick history of social networking
To fully understand the fad that is social networking, i have decided to look into the past of the area.
After looking around the internet for quite sometime i have found a very useful article about the history of social network sites.
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html
This article seems to be a piece that has been submitted for some sort of work, very text based and well referenced.
It goes through a definition of social networking, the early years of social networking, and then goes through a number of different popular websites and how they grew in popularity and then was replaced by another.
After looking around the internet for quite sometime i have found a very useful article about the history of social network sites.
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html
This article seems to be a piece that has been submitted for some sort of work, very text based and well referenced.
It goes through a definition of social networking, the early years of social networking, and then goes through a number of different popular websites and how they grew in popularity and then was replaced by another.
Timeline from article
IDAT210 - How to create my own social networking site
After looking around the website for a bit i've noticed quite a few guides on how to create a social networking website. There seems to be loads of these sort of guides, i guess it's because people are starting to think how to make money out of such a popular trend.
The first one i found really reminds me of the get rich quick schemes that used to fill up the internet, well i guess they still do but i just ignore them. The link for this one is:
http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/
This guide goes through loads of subjects about starting up, such as how to get your first 2000 members quickly and using social psychology to boost your membership. Obviously these subjects are very important to someone who's starting a site to make money, not very helpful to me though as the university will own my work!
The next article i found was a 4 step guide to a successul start in social media. Might be helpful, here's the link
http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/seo-blog/index.php/how-to-get-started-in-social-media/
This one is much more useful than the previous, it includes guides on what to include such as video sharing and forums. It also tells you the positives and negatives of these features. This could become very helpful later on
Well i could sit here and link loads more, to be honest there all pretty similar if you really want to see more, just search "how to create your own social networking site" into google and enjoy the reading!
The first one i found really reminds me of the get rich quick schemes that used to fill up the internet, well i guess they still do but i just ignore them. The link for this one is:
http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/
This guide goes through loads of subjects about starting up, such as how to get your first 2000 members quickly and using social psychology to boost your membership. Obviously these subjects are very important to someone who's starting a site to make money, not very helpful to me though as the university will own my work!
The next article i found was a 4 step guide to a successul start in social media. Might be helpful, here's the link
http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/seo-blog/index.php/how-to-get-started-in-social-media/
This one is much more useful than the previous, it includes guides on what to include such as video sharing and forums. It also tells you the positives and negatives of these features. This could become very helpful later on
Well i could sit here and link loads more, to be honest there all pretty similar if you really want to see more, just search "how to create your own social networking site" into google and enjoy the reading!
IDAT210 - Overview of idea
For my project i have decided to focus on social networking websites and the theory behind them. If you look at the most popular social networking websites at the moment, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, there is one main thing that is evident in all of them. That is that there is an underlying purpose to them, these sites are around simply for the user to be able to communicate with people they know but may not be able to see on a daily basis. This purpose has worked very well so far, however if a new social networking website was to be created, it would struggle to come up with something new for this purpose that hasn't been developed already.
So far social networking websites help people keep in contact with other people they might not see a lot. However these sites do not encourage their users to go out and interact with each other, why would they encourage this, it would pull people away from their website.
Because of these websites encouraging the users to stay at home and communicate over the internet, interaction between people is starting to dissapear in the real world. I have decided to act on this and create my social networking website based around the theory of going out and meeting their friends and other new people.
To do this i plan to create a social networking website where you can login, create a profile and then find your friends. Once you have your friend's lists you can then do everything with them that you can do in the more standard social networking websites. However once you've done this, you will also be able to download a version of the website for your mobile device. This version will then use GPS to find out where you are. This will then update your location on the website for all your friends to see, so they can join you.
The extra bonus of using locative media will be that you will be able to see your current location and then check the area to see which of your friends are in the area. For example, you're at a gig, you want to know which of your friends are also there, you then login to the website through your mobile device, select the "find your friends" option and you will be shown your local area and which of your friends are there. This will encourage more interaction between users.
So far social networking websites help people keep in contact with other people they might not see a lot. However these sites do not encourage their users to go out and interact with each other, why would they encourage this, it would pull people away from their website.
Because of these websites encouraging the users to stay at home and communicate over the internet, interaction between people is starting to dissapear in the real world. I have decided to act on this and create my social networking website based around the theory of going out and meeting their friends and other new people.
To do this i plan to create a social networking website where you can login, create a profile and then find your friends. Once you have your friend's lists you can then do everything with them that you can do in the more standard social networking websites. However once you've done this, you will also be able to download a version of the website for your mobile device. This version will then use GPS to find out where you are. This will then update your location on the website for all your friends to see, so they can join you.
The extra bonus of using locative media will be that you will be able to see your current location and then check the area to see which of your friends are in the area. For example, you're at a gig, you want to know which of your friends are also there, you then login to the website through your mobile device, select the "find your friends" option and you will be shown your local area and which of your friends are there. This will encourage more interaction between users.
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