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Interactive Wall Prototype
Early on in Ken's design career, he envisioned how wall-sized display technology may radically change the way people view things. During graduate school at Savannah College of Art and Design (2003-2004), he sketched out ideas of how people might interact with large wall-sized digital screens.
In 2007, Ken created his first Interactive Wall (see movie above) at Southern Adventist University's School of Visual Art and Design. The graphics were projected from behind the screen inside the School's art gallery. Laser beams were used with photocell sensors to detect where people were located. When a person intersected the laser beam the computer was notified (eventually it was found that analyzing the laser with a video input source worked better). Stereo monitors were also positioned outside the gallery for sound effects and music that were tied to events on the screen. Various wall simulations were loaded for visitors to play but the most popular was the bucket and ball game.
People that interacted with the wall really enjoyed using their body to engage with the interactive graphics. There was one girl
(pictured on left) that came almost every night the exhibit was open--she especially loved the bucket and ball game where she would race
back and forth to catch as many balls as she could. The game would drop red balls down to the floor faster and faster as one advanced from one level to the next.
In 2008, Ken was awarded the AIGA Silver Ten Show award for this innovative work.
