MOMA - AVATAR MACHINE
Avatar Machine is a system which replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface. The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment.
How it works: The super wide camera mounted to the body harness is pointed at the user. The video is streamed live to a head mounted display worn by the user. The effect is real life in third person. This is genuinely the experience that the user would have.
The film was produced for Talk to Me - MoMA. A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/objects/146230/
Talk to Me explores the communication between people and things. The exhibition focused on objects that involve a direct interaction, such as interfaces, information systems, visualisation design, and communication devices, and on projects that establish an emotional, sensual, or intellectual connection with their users.
