Presentation for exam purposes

1. The Navagio “Sea Shadows” project
Summer 2012 Interactive Response Exhibition
Final Major Project : G106863
P. Woodford (20354941)
MA Design by Practice

2. 1. The idea – light & waveforms
creating shadows on the seabed -
replicated by pixellated image on screen

3. 2. The Concept – “Bio-feedback” -
Participant as part of installation,
learning to 'master' equipment

4. 3. Prototypes help concept to develop,
from arm-waving by participant to “haptic” approaches

5. 5. A kinetic “tilt” mechanism is devised,
based on a ball-joint, with an Accelerometer being
“controlled by the 'Subject'

6. 6. The 'subject' learns to control the component in the
exhibit – perception & cognition become the key concepts

7. 7. As the 'subject' becomes immersed
in the installation as part of the process,
there is a blurring of 'subject' & 'object'

8. 8. The accelerometer (seen here) is integral to the
perceived movements of the participant or 'navigator'

9. 9. The ball-joint moves when the navigator tilts it....

10. 10. The tilt-motion drives 4 Vibration Motors
attached to a small water-pool

11. 11. The motors create waveforms in the liquid,
observed by the navigator.
Perception (Cognition) is now 'affected.'

12. 12. Navigator observes reactive images via a webcam.
Images are projected on a large screen in front.

13. 13. Here there is an attempt to create a
'cognitive feedback loop'
where the observer now becomes “as if observed”

14. 14. Video feed via Processing with wave-form FX ,
demonstrating the navigator's own 'cognitive responses'
where he 'learns' to control the image and thus becomes
part of the installation itself

15. 15. Potential applications
Relaxation & Therapeutic environments
Entertainment & Play
Research applications for cognitive experiments