The descriptions of the sketch model and its purpose are clear. The artifacts are neatly made. The size of the model is shown (1-inch length as a reference). The texture looks real, except the wall. The wall allows us to see through, but cannot shut out the outer lights, so it is impossible to learn how the lighting condition would be from testing. The model looks like the half (or part) of the room because it does not have the wall of the other end. I wanted to see how the entire room looks like, its size, and proportion. A sketch model of the entire room would be helpful when you are going to make this room in life size. Still, the work is very neat.

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Her looks-like model has very detailed features of the submarine room, so is very helpful to imagine how room and the objects in the submarine look like. Also she explained specifically how objects in the room would move when a chaotic situation happens. It is really telling people which direction they have to move in order to keep balancing in the room. I think that making electrical circuits for the control of those objects movement is practical issue when she makes real one. They should react and change at the same time to show people consistency of the movements of the room and also connected to the tilting of the room.

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I really like the look of the map display case. It s very reminiscent of Captain Nemo s collections. Maybe you could have more of these in the room to help give cues to the tilt of the ship. You ve probably thought a lot about this already, but a couple ideas that come to my mind are: a case with shells that slide to one side or the other, or a small water tank of some kind which would provide a striking visual cue of being tilted. These would both work like the picture frames or light, being actively tilted (e.g. by a servo) to enhance the sensation or rotation. The looks-like model also inspires me to think more about what the hanging pictures might be. If they re really engaging, e.g. detailed and colorful photos of underwater creatures that Nemo has observed, it might make people wander over to have a close look. I d bet the induced tilting effect could be even more dramatic when their noses are close to the picture. I think the light is relatively low-hanging, e.g. with respect to the door height, but this might be a good thing. I noticed during the client review demonstration that a sharp shadow on the wall, caused by the casing around the light, also gave a strong visual cue of tilting. This can be accomplished with i) a low hanging light, or ii) a light with a shroud the sufficiently covers the light so that a shadow is observed on the wall. Some of the details in the sketch model aren t exactly what I would expect in an underwater vessel (as you point out), but it does give a good initial impression of what the room might look like. Good job.

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Great job on the detail of your model! I think it is effective in showing a more macro picture of how things would feel in a room that rotates (contrasted with your group member's works like model). In addition to coming up with other visual cues, I think adding auditory cues will make the experience of feeling like you are tilted even more convincing. If you continue down this path, then you would need to focus on the actual implementation of these effects at the larger scale. Having something roll on the ground would serve as even a more obvious cue. The trouble with that would be for it to be self resetting (in a predictable way) and not get in the way of the guests. Also, dimming or flickering the lights would add to the fear factor for the guests. Not only do they feel like they are tilting back and forth, but the power might go out soon, making a possibility for them to be in the dark.

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