Project Statement
This project is meant to be an interactive piece where you can experiment and figure out the scale of different bodies in the universe. The balloon acts as a reference representing 1 body (e.g. 1 sun). The user can manipulate the size of the balloon and the number of these reference bodies (which will be displayed realtime on screen) to see the body with equivalent size.
The user controls the number and size by utilizing a 3-axis accelerometer. Bending it to the left or right changes the number. Bending it forward and backward inflates/deflates the balloon. This is intended for any audience to use.
This idea was inspired from the universe comparison videos I have seen on youtube. I intended to replicate something similar physically. I am hoping that this shows people how much larger the world is compared to themselves, and how small the problems they are currently facing are in the large scheme of things.