The Theta Trainer is an exercise for image generation. An important skill for designers and artists.
By removing your sense of sight you are left with your feel for direction and memory to complete a 4 layered maze.
project brief
Create a toy for a specific target
audience including at least one 3D printed part.
Target Audience: adult/professionals
School: the Ohio State University
Year: 2021
Class: Intro to Design i
inspiration
3D printed toys that are open-sourced
which allows for community contributions to create their own
iterations and upload online
investigation
My initial research was centered around image
generation and visual perception skills.
A big takeaway from my research was learning that:
"neurons that fire together wire together" - Donald Hebb
After gathering momentum I was tasked with engineering a multi-layered track system for the steel ball to follow.
Each layer had to begin and end in the same position.
If open-sourced, the Theta Trainer could be for all levels
An online community of users could create a range of difficulties making it
user friendly to any age.
