Mark Baskinger: Drawing Ideas and Communicating Interaction

Posted on June 7th, 2010 in All Videos,Design,Leaders

30 minutes

Mark Baskinger, an associate professor in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses the importance of Interaction Designers learning to draw better in order to better communicate ideas. With Interaction Designers coming from many different backgrounds to the relatively new field, it is rare that they have been classically trained in sketching like their counterparts in Industrial Design. Mark also talks about the advancement of Interaction Design as a discipline and how through confidence in purpose, Interaction Designers can build report in the business world.


Pseudo 3D Video Conferencing

Posted on January 30th, 2009 in All Videos,Quickies,Technology

4 minutes

Chris Harrison and Scott Hudson have teamed up to develop a technique enabling Pseudo-3D video conferencing via generic web cameras.  The technique works in two parts to complete the effect.  The first is to seperate the person from the background. The second is to track the movement of the viewer via face tracking. By scaling down and moving the background of the remote viewer based on the viewer’s movements, an immursive effect is created.  Chris Hudson is a student, and Scott Hudson a Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.


Johnny Lee: Wii Remote Wrangler

Posted on December 1st, 2007 in All Videos,Leaders,Quickies,Technology

6 minutes

Johnny Lee, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon, has made it big by tinkering with the Wii Remote and posting videos of his ‘Hacks’ on his website.  From 3D head tracking, to low-cost whiteboards, Johnny is making the $40 wand (1024×768 infrared camera, 3-axis accelerometer, with expansion port) worth every penny and more.


Randy Pausch: Last Lecture

Posted on December 1st, 2007 in All Videos,Leaders

90 minutes

Randy Pausch, professor at CMU, shares his life experiences and lessons in an inspirational and moving lecture.

“Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.”
-Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch’s Website