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Floating Eye
Hiroo Iwata
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Floating Eye is an interactive installation that separates vision from the body. The participant can only see a wide-angle image floating in the air. The wide-angle image is captured by a convex mirror and a video camera. The camera is equipped with a wireless transmitter. The camera-head is attached to an airship. The participant sees the wideangle image through a wearable dome screen. The display employs a convex mirror. Light from a projector is scattered by the convex mirror. The projected image covers the participant’s full field of view. This optical configuration corrects the distortion of the image taken by the camera-head. The system simulates out-of-thebody experience.
The camera-head is designed to capture the image from above. The participant can see his/her body in the captured image. The airship can be maneuvered by pulling the string. Walking around, participants can see themselves as well as the surrounding scene. However, a slight wind disturbs the airship. Thus, the participant is forced to interact with the atmosphere. This installation evokes a new style of self-recognition and the relationship between humans and the atmosphere.
The camera-head is designed to capture the image from above. The participant can see his/her body in the captured image. The airship can be maneuvered by pulling the string. Walking around, participants can see themselves as well as the surrounding scene. However, a slight wind disturbs the airship. Thus, the participant is forced to interact with the atmosphere. This installation evokes a new style of self-recognition and the relationship between humans and the atmosphere.
Hiroo Iwata (JP), born 1957, is associate professor at the Institute of Engineering Mechanics and Systems at the University of Tsukuba, where he teaches human interface and conducts research projects on virtual reality. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. Degrees in Engineering from the University of Tokyo 1981, 1983 and 1986. He is active in research on haptic interfaces in virtual environments and is interested in how the human ability of recognition and creation can be extended by haptic interfaces.