REBUILD THE UNKNOWN
DATE
Dec.2022
TEAM MENBER
XINGYUE GUO - Interactive Designer / Dancer (UCL)
SAIYUAN LI - Industrial Designer / HCI (UCL)
XIYAN CHAM - I Industrial Designer (UCL)
CONCEPT
The project tells the story in the context of an 'atomised society’, presenting the intangible relationships and unknown spaces within and between atoms, inspiring the breaking down of existing strong and stable relationships and the construction of alienated connections, which re-activates a relatively fragmented system and exploring the underlying possibilities of movement, relationships and spaces.
EXHIBITION FILM
INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT
Social Atomization
Social Atomization
The concept of “social atomization" describes the state of social life in which people are grouped around a certain core, with a tight structure within the group, loose relations between the groups and isolation between individuals outside the group.
Our movements are largely influenced by the space within sight rather than the space behind us.
How to shape and experience these unknown spaces by people’s movement and behavior?
Can we shape these spaces by breaking and establishing potential connections between people?
Unknown spaces
The project tells the story in the context of an 'atomised society’, presenting the intangible relationships and unknown spaces within and between atoms, inspiring the breaking down of existing strong and stable relationships and the construction of alienated connections, which re-activates a relatively fragmented system and exploring the underlying possibilities of movement, relationships and spaces.
INTERACTION DESIGN
Idealized version 01 - AR
Third person version
Visualize the potentially strong attractive associations through screen
Idealized version 02 - VR + wearable devices
First person version
Experience the attraction through a pressure-sensitive device on a wearable device
Interact with the floating particles and other individuals and walk through the scene
Breaking Stage
Visual elements - Long black straight spines growing behind on the back
Expression of strong attraction in tight junctions within atoms
Rebuilding Stage
Visual elements - Liquid flowing metal-like spines
Expression of unknown uncertainty of potential association
BUILD AND TESTING
Visual elements - Floating particles and pieces
Spiral vortex rotation movement, drifting towards the independent individuals and leading the experiencer to make new connections
AR Testing - Image tracker & body tracker
AR version
VR Environment
VR version