Project 2: Environmental Experience Search

Our world is full of many unique and interesting places and sites.  I feel as though most people in this world take our surroundings for granted and don't give them the respect or recognition that they deserve.  In order to encourage persons throughout the world I have created the game Environmental Experience Search.

The basic principle of my game is that you are given a photograph that has been altered in some way.  Using just the photograph and your knowledge you must find the physical location that the picture displays.   Once at the actual location you must compare the photograph to the site and determine how the photograph has been changed.  Below is an example of how the game will work, however it will not be as obvious.

The top photograph represents what you will be given with your group.  With your group or by yourself you will determine that this is obviously the statue of George Washington on UW's west campus.

Once you and your group have found the physical site in the picture you are able to confirm that the picture is wrong because the actual statue of George Washington is missing.

The goal of my project/game is to make you focus in on your physical surroundings.  I want everyone to become more aware of what is around them and to make the most of the spaces and places that they experience.  Using your knowledge of your surroundings you can locate the physical sites and determine what is wrong with the photographs.  My game is influenced from the idea of geo-caching because it gives you an object that you must use to locate a place on earth.  I was limited for the sake of this class and where we can go to just use places on the University of Washington's campus.  However, I would really like to take this on a bigger scale so that people can experience not only there local regions but the greater world itself.