NATHAN SHELLARD

Here is my pinterest board of all visual research that I have collected over the duration of this project.

Another amazing interactive sporting project. 

This is very dominant on physical performance however using a visual system is what I would like to do. 

“We know some of the technological facts that are driving this change in our lifestyle -- the uptake and diffusion of mobile devices, the exponential improvement in data storage and data processing, and the remarkable improvement in human biometric sensors.”

“We need to get over our skin bag bias, which is this assumption that what we are is natural and organic and what we make is somehow inorganic or unnatural. I think that what we make is birthed out of nature. It is who and what we are. So I think our tools increasingly are outsourcing cognition, outgrowth of the mind, and so when I say 'playing jazz with the universe' it's just like we are waiting for the cosmos to know itself, our increasingly powerful tools are a way for evolution itself to reverse engineer itself. Evolution has evolved its own evolvability.”

More examples of an interactive 3D space.

This is something that I want to explore in terms of creating the activities in a variety of sports. Ideally I would like to produce elements of intuitive cognition with in a training framework that would work across a majority of sports.

Here is a great example of the physical space I had in mind. Lit up interactive visual cues that motivate and direct you to achieve a goal. I think this is a great way to push the audience that little bit further without having to pay for coaching/ PT training. This is very focussed on the physical aspect of the gym, I shall be applying more of the mental elements of a sport. 

Another quick animation based on decision making. The idea behind this was to create an interactive court that lights up in the areas the opposing player would be positioned. At this point you would have to avoid hitting the ball in this area to win the point. The red boxes would light up a second of so before the player needed to return the ball, creating high speed decision making exercises.

The feedback I received for this initial animation was that it didn’t relate to real life as there would not be multiple tennis balls in a game of tennis. Think about other things that can alter concentration in Tennis, like noise from the audience. However they are asked to be silent during game play.. I need to hone in on exactly what I’m trying to say with this piece. 

I am looking to apply this method of gamification to chosen sports. 

Faubert’s paper cites depth perception as a possible “inherent property of visual processing.” If this is the case, then adding a 3D component should assist a subject engaged in MOT (multiple object tracking) testing. This is another layer that can improve performance in the test, and of course, team sports are played in the 3D world.

http://www.sporttechie.com/2013/10/30/cognitive-training-the-final-frontier-for-athletes/

http://www.sporttechie.com/2013/10/30/cognitive-training-the-final-frontier-for-athletes/