Cool Designs

This is the link to the website which shows the annual interaction design exhibition of the Interaction Design Master's Programme at Gothenburg IT University. The theme of the exhibition was interactive interacting personalities.

One of my favorite projects from the exhibition was the Interactive Floor which has the following concept :

The Interactive Floor is a video-projection displayed on the floor that people can interact with. As soon as someone walks into the projected area he becomes part of the digital world that is projected around him.

The setup consists of a beamer projecting images on the floor and a webcam scanning the projected area for user positions. The beamer projects interactive interacting personalities on the floor that react to the user moving within the projected field.
The main communication in the system is a cycle between the input and output module. The input module analyses a live video stream of the floor and extracts information such as people’s positions, direction of movement and a general level of movement. This information is passed to a separate output module which determines the next action of the currently running application. The result of this process is then projected back onto the floor, prompting the user(s) to make his/her next move. The cycle continues until the application terminates.

The Interactive Floor offers a low-barrier interaction. People do not have to have any knowledge or skills to perform the interaction; the only requirement is that they enter and move around in the projection area. As soon as someone enters the area he is no longer a bystander, but a user. The system keeps track of where the user is and uses this information to change the interface that it projects around the user.



http://ide09.se/