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The Final Prototypes!

Here is the final hologram with epoxy resin in action.

Maker Space

For my project I went to the maker space to make the hologram. I did multiple iterations using plexiglass, tape, hot glue, super glue, an exact o knife, epoxy resin, and a ruler. I made a total of 4 different iterations for the hologram. The first iteration was too giant. The next one was smaller, but had a wider top. The third iteration, I filled it with epoxy resin. The last iteration, I used it in the video tutorial and it was a small mobile version of the hologram. I had to research many videos on how to make the hologram, some of which are listed in my annotated bibliography. I knew I’d have to iterate and pivot many times and I found that the last two iterations are workable in different ways.

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Final Message

Dear citizens of 2019,

The future has gone through some tough times, but it is built off of survivors. The ones who have made our lives a utopia after the Clean-Up made the world safer, happier, and all together better than it has ever been. We have new and evolving technology that has made the world the best ever. The invention of the generation is the mind eraser. It is what helped us move forward after the apocalyptic age and continues to help us all move forward today. Society’s goal is to remain happy and healthy and take care of the world and each other so that we never relapse. However, if we ever did relapse, we are way more prepared this time to recover than we were last time. The hologram is the main component of our lives and keeps the spirits high. We practically worship the hologram because it is embedded into our lives so much. I just want to give you this information: Ignorance is bliss. We have been through such a tough time, and we have survived because the mind eraser and the age of the hologram have helped us get past it. If you don’t remember the dark times, then all your days will be full of light.

Good Luck,

citizen of 2049

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Updated hologram form

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Visit Original Link

The holidays are near and people find that the Rockefeller center might be the busiest place in New York on December 4th.

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updated version

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The hologram proctor

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Annotated Bibliography for Utopian Universe

Bishop, Elliot. “The Sweet Proposal: A Cautionary Tale of The Corporate City .” Illustrated

Corporate Utopia Concepts, Trend Hunter, 24 Aug. 2018,

https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/utopia-concept.jpeg.

This is what the futuristic society is built off of. They wanted to model their society off this image. After the Clean-Up happened, they strived to recreate this perfect little society and make everyone happy. The order in this photo represents the unattainable goals in any society, but they strived to achieve these things. The image represents a peaceful clean society, but that is not exactly what it looks like. The society just has goals set that they are in the process of achieving still.

Developer, Independent. “Uninames.” 0AD, www.programmableweb.com/api/uinames.

This is the API I used to make the mind eraser simulation. It gives a list of names randomly. I then push the button and the mind eraser erases the person from the mind of the person. This API is for the website Uninames.com and when you push the spacebar on the website generates a random person.

Gondry, Michel, director. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Focus Features, 2004.

This movie addresses the idea of a perfect society where people have the option of erasing their mind of any bad memories they have. The plot discusses the downside of the new technology and how it negatively impacts society. My future would express the positive effects of the mind eraser in society. They have such a dark history that erasing it is much better than having that damage.

Hacktuber, director. How To Make 3D Hologram - No Glasses. YouTube, YouTube, 26 Apr.

2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t0cOYvOy4M.

This video gives a little tutorial on how to make a hologram projector. It lists the materials and shows how it is made. He used a plastic CD case, an exacto knife to cut the case, paper for the template, tape to hold the pieces in place, and super glue to glue the pieces together. There are premade videos that can be used to make the hologram work. This is how I will attempt at making the hologram for the first draft.

Hur, Johnson. “History of the Television.” From The 1800s To Current Time, 4 Dec. 2018,

bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/.

This is the history of the television. I used this to create my evolution timeline. The television is the biggest entertainment we have and with the creation of more technology, the television has become one of the most accessible tools aside from the general internet.

Kerbow, Michael. “Their Refinement of the Decline.” Utopian Fiction, 19 Aug. 2016,

https://miro.medium.com/max/2625/1*6056X1-APQ4bRZo5GLXj7w.jpeg.

This image is the world they came from before the Clean-Up. The world had a lot of pollution and there was far too much trash blocking the streets. They knew that they needed to make a drastic change, but they did not and the world just kept getting worse. The image makes the story so much more clear and represents the dark world during that time.

Laverty, Amanda. “8 Ways to Keep the Earth Clean.” 8 Ways to Keep the Earth Clean, 18

Apr. 2017, http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/8-ways-keep-earth-clean.html.

This page gives information on how to preserve the earth on land as opposed to water or the atmosphere. It really makes clear that recycling is an important way to make sure that we aren’t trashing the oceans and the land. It also talks about how we should use sustainable materials so that plastic waste isn’t an issue anymore. The things they recommended will become laws in the future. Everyone will follow these laws to make sure that they help the Earth instead of harm it.

McCall, Robert. “Medium.” Medium, 21 Nov. 2017,

https://miro.medium.com/max/3638/1*PN0pt6mR-h8H-Q7KcrmdVQ.jpeg.

This is an image which is part of the booklet. It is a small graphic history book that I made for one of my mediums. This specific picture in the book represents the Utopia world everyone looked forward to. It is a very small representation of their history book, which only have pictures. The people would reference this as their hope (before they lost hope) when times were tough before the Clean-Up.

Matthews, Chistopher. “The City of Dreams.” The City of Dreams, Current Affairs, 31 Aug.

2018, https://images.currentaffairs.org/2018/08/utopiasmall.jpg.

The City of Dreams graphic is the present tense. This is the what the future looks like. It is perfect and full of colors that make everyone happy. They were striving for a perfect society, and this is the best they could come up with. The photo is colorful and full of order because the society is all about order and happiness.

Spice, PowerPoint, director. How to Make a 3D Hologram Video of Yourself... in

PowerPoint! YouTube, YouTube, 22 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSGDJeI2vEU.

This is a video tutorial on how to create that video for the hologram through PowerPoint. I will need to be able to do this to make the hologram personalized. My goal would be to show the beauty of the city, but also to have the history repeated when the hologram is turned on so that people know why they are so passionate about the Clean - Up.

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