Throughout my time here at UF, I have created many projects incorporating the use of Nintendo Wii remotes.  Most of these projects dealt with the juxtaposition of simultaneous connection and disconnection.  It interests me to explore how one can be connected to something by means of controlling, manipulating, or producing something via physical movement without ever actually physically touching anything.
            The reasons I use Wii remotes in these projects are because they are readily available to me and there is a great deal of source code and personal projects out there that are free to use and build upon.  In addition to this, the Wii remote is a powerful piece of technology, one that can be implemented for a number of different uses in addition to its original intended use.
            This piece is the culmination of all of my previous projects using the Wii remote.  Many of these projects have been used as a base for my aggregate knowledge about how to technically use and artistically implement the Wii remote in my current and future projects.  Specifically, these projects have been building up towards their combined uses and themes to create a connection/disconnection contrast that involves one’s entire body.  Whereas my projects before have involved different body parts separately (hands, arms, legs, head), this piece combines them all.  In addition to this juxtaposition that is common with all of my projects using Wii remotes, this piece has a more specific concept behind it.  It deals with, at its core, humans’ desire and drive to work towards their imagination.  Stemming from that, the project explores the convoluted ordeals and arguable ridiculousness of achieving such goals as well as people’s readiness and willingness to accept and embrace such ludicrous requirements.
            I’ve had the idea for a project like this for years, at least for the entirety of my attendance at UF.  Given the current trend of working towards true virtual/augmented reality, I’ve always wondered how exactly one could be completely immersed in a virtual world, particularly using the technology available to us now.