Spidey-Sense: An Interactive Web Swing
For my final project, I’m making something inspired by my favorite superhero, Spider-Man. The idea is that you can “swing” across a virtual city and shoot webs using hand movements. The system reacts in real time, so when you move your hand left or right, Spider-Man moves with you, and a web shoots when you do the classic Spider-Man hand gesture.
I’m using a distance sensor (or flex sensor) with Arduino to read the hand movements and send the data to P5.js. P5 handles all the graphics, like Spider-Man swinging across a city skyline with sprites and visuals inspired by and possibly taken from the Spider-Man PS5 game. And it’s bidirectional, when you hit a target, P5 can send a signal back to Arduino to light up an LED or vibrate a tiny motor, so you get physical feedback too. Maybe I could use a motor to create a fan-like effect, so the user feels the wind from swinging around the city, too.