Dear Phil and Elise,

How is your Halloween so far? 

Recently, I often find myself working on my thesis in my dreams when I am asleep. 

Normally, the results in the dreams aren’t that helpful to me in real life. However, after drinking some whisky at Becker’s Halloween Party yesterday night I had an amazing vision in my dream.  

I was brain storming with the MDP members for a project of creating tangible space that has virtual aspects within it.  

I was to make a digital domino system that would be interactive in physical space. I had a plan of applying one of Peter Eisenman’s architectural methodology of using mirrors. For me the mirrors were the tools that would be mimicking “COPY PASTE” duplication function in the digital world. 

• By using approximate sensor, the viewer would be able to make the projected domino collapse.

• The projected domino would bounce off mirror displays and then jump into an actual monitor screen. 

I am having a feeling that I might regret writing this email to you. I woke up a couple of hours ago and the more my first impression about this dream is fading out the more it seems silly. However, I believe that it might be an interesting starting point for the productive interaction class. I am sure that as I experiment I would come up with some meaningful results. Sorry to steal your precious time in this wonderful weekend. I’ll talk to you in school! 

Thank you.

Best,

Austin Lee

http://www.austinslee.com/_thesis/

31OCT09