Augmented Shadow is a design experiment producing an artificial shadow effect through the use of tangible objects, blocks, on a displayable tabletop interface. Its goal is to offer a new type of user-experience. The project plays on the fact that shadows present distorted silhouettes depending on the light. Augmented Shadows take the distortion effect into the realm of fantasy. Shadows display below the objects according to the physics of the real world. However, the shadows themselves transform the objects into houses, occupied by shadow creatures. By moving the blocks around the table the user sets off series of reactions within this new fantasy ecosystem.
This experiment brings augmented reality to the tabletop by way of a tangible interface. The shadow effect is an ‘interface metaphor.’ Second, the unexpected user experience results from manipulating the users’ visual perceptions, expectations, and imagination to inspire re-perception and new understanding. Therefore, users can play with the shadows lying on the boundary between the real, virtual, and fantasy.
: Credits :
Katherine Moriwaki
Louisa Campbell
Marko Tandefelt
Loretta Wolozin
Zachary Lieberman
Anezka Sebek
Nick Hardeman
Stephen Varga
Uros Otasevic
Jenny Tsai
Yongsub Song
Namsoo
Work in progress:
Joon Moon 2010
via Pixelsumo
hat tip: Aija
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