A real-time tracking environment towards cross modal applications in public installations and education
Anthony Lewis Brooks, Volker Krüger, M. Guglielmi · VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) · 2004
This paper presents aspects of an interactive installation proposal which has been researched and developed at Aalborg University Esbjerg (AUE) within the Medialogy education. The installation is a site specific human tracking system in a public space. It features a design that highlights the utilization of a computer system that enables assignable artistic content to relay non verbal indices of various forms. The design challenges the traditional interactive installation rules in respect of human 'opt in' - 'opt out' preference by presenting a situation where the system selects participants who are captured in a non-volatile space. The suggested resulting human reaction to such - provocation; meekness; exuberance (etc.,) is of interest for the research team towards further refinement of the system concept and elements. The object of the project team is to create an installation so as to motivate people to acquaint and subsequently dialogue in ahuman-to-human' way which is a result of the system acting as a 'virtual conduit for human social interaction'. The project - currently work-in- progress - has been accepted by the leaders of the initial site designated as specific to the design, i.e. the Metro in Copenhagen, Denmark.