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a Piece of

Interactive Installation

"a Piece of" is an interactive installation that can find a earth view that is similar to a user's palm line in shape using computer vision and Google API. 

This system enables users to jump to strange lands and travel the world in the virtual space by matching palm lines and shapes of earth views (rivers, valleys and mountain ranges) on the Google Earth.

(C) Google

Category:  Interaction Design

Period:  3months (2015/4 - 7)

My Role:  All (Coding / UI Design)

Tools:  C++, OpenCV, JavaScript, Google Maps API, Awesomium, Arduino

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My Roles and Contributions

All (Personal Work)

Campus Genius Award from Computer Graphic Arts Society, Japan

Experience

1. Users want to go to

 strange lands

2. Enter a user's hand

into the system

3. Detecting a palm line by the camera

4. Matching

contours

5. Gets the new knowledge of the strange land

Process

1. Idea sharing at the lesson

This work was created in the lesson of the University of Tokyo "Seisakuten".
In this lesson, students exhibit hands-on art pieces using technology and design at two exhibitions (summer and autumn).
We shared ideas in the first lesson and reviewed each other.

2. Prototyping and Review

I created the first prototype in a week to display a interactive installation at the summer exhibition. 
I received reviews from artists and designers and thought about the user's experience.

3. Developing the hardware and software

I designed the physical interface and improved the work.

4. Exhibition and Presentation

I demonstrated the final output at three exhibitions and gave the presentations twice.

The Univ. of Tokyo iii Exhibition EXTRA 2015

(More than 200 visitors)

The Univ. of Tokyo Open Campus

(More than 200 visitors)

Campus Genius Award

(Talk and Demonstration)

Wired Creative Hack Award

(Talk)

Media

攻殻機動隊 REALIZE PROJECT.  "2029年の義体を一部体感。「東京大学制作展エクストラ2015 グッバイ・マイ・ボディ」展参加。視覚や聴覚・感情をハックする作品で攻殻機動隊世界を検証".  http://www.realize-project.jp/special/goodbyemybody

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GIZMODE JAPAN.  "グッバイ・マイ・ボディ。｢東大制作展｣で新しい身体に出会ってきたよ".  https://www.gizmodo.jp/2015/07/post_17671.html

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