Five Ideas

1. Restaurant Idea: As you walk in you will sit down with your friends or date, and will eat appetizers with your desired guest. Then when you finish your appetizer you both will be moved per conveyor belts to a different table with different people and a different sort of food. This will encourage you to try new things with new people, which is always a conversation starter.

2. Ticket Stubs in Stores: Forces people to come to one location when they are done shopping. Allows people to talk about what they are getting and talk about different items. Possible to make it electronic with a scanner or something.

3. Removing Stalls from bathrooms: the stalls will be placed in a circle – this will break the social boundary that we have set within bathrooms and force social interaction or if nothing else group awkwardness.

4. Transparent Screens: allows you to see what people are looking at along with the ability to see their reaction to different things. In addition you can move your screen to their window or copy what they are looking at on your screen. Encourages social interaction as you cant hide what you are looking at, and also encourages pranks.

5. Movie Theater Competitions: The questions on the screen before movies become a competition between people at the movie theater. Prizes are awarded for the people that do the best. Allows for more opportunities for advertisements along with encouraging social interaction rather than sitting talking to only the people you came with

<u> Phase 2: Refinment of 2 Ideas </u>

Transparent Screens:

Features:

-Able to see what other people are working on

-Can move windows from your screen to another screen nearby

-If approved, can send image to other groups in the class, and if relevant then you can send to the teacher’s computer

-Request System so that you only accept windows from people you know

Description:

Have small version of computers you can share with in the corner of your screen.  You can then move single windows, or your entire screen over to other screens.  The screens are semi-transparent so that someone can inquire about what you are looking at and ask you to send it to them.  You can also see people’s facials reactions to different things, and inquire that way too!

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Movie Theater Trivia:

Features:

-Interface to answer questions as they are presented on the big screen

-Keeps track of right/wrong answers and resets when the movie starts

-Keeps track of a leader board of people who answer the questions correctly

Description:

Much like in airplanes the interface will be in the back of the seats in front of you.  As the questions are thrown up on the screen people will answer the question on the screen and get points for it.  There will be some questions where speed is a factor and points are determined off that. About 5 min before the movie begins the winner of the competition will be given a ticket for free popcorn or drink.  This encourages people to come to the movie theater early, which increases the amount of exposure to advertisement and also encourages people to buy more stuff at the counter.  Who buy popcorn without soda??

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<u> Phase 2: Refinment of 2 Ideas </u>
Transparent Screens:
Features:-Able to see what other people are working on-Can move windows from your screen to another screen nearby-If approved, can send image to other groups in the class, and if relevant then you can send to the teacher’s computer-Request System so that you only accept windows from people you know
Description:Have small version of computers you can share with in the corner of your screen.  You can then move single windows, or your entire screen over to other screens.  The screens are semi-transparent so that someone can inquire about what you are looking at and ask you to send it to them.  You can also see people’s facials reactions to different things, and inquire that way too!

Movie Theater Trivia:
Features:-Interface to answer questions as they are presented on the big screen-Keeps track of right/wrong answers and resets when the movie starts-Keeps track of a leader board of people who answer the questions correctly
Description:  Much like in airplanes the interface will be in the back of the seats in front of you.  As the questions are thrown up on the screen people will answer the question on the screen and get points for it.  There will be some questions where speed is a factor and points are determined off that. About 5 min before the movie begins the winner of the competition will be given a ticket for free popcorn or drink.  This encourages people to come to the movie theater early, which increases the amount of exposure to advertisement and also encourages people to buy more stuff at the counter.  Who buy popcorn without soda?