2015: PERIPHERAL GOGGLES
As part of a HUMAN FACTORS class, we explored using different techniques (photos, triangulated points, etc) and (unfolding TIN meshes) to design 3 wear- able devices or prosthetics for your head and shoulders that either change your experience/perception of space or constructs a new experience/perception. Each design focused on a different aspect of spatial experience/perception, utilize a different sense, or explore variations of formal solutions to generate 3 distinctive proposals.
After evaluating the 3 proposals, selection of one proposal, or attributes from some/all of the proposals to develop a new, single device design. The design takes into account:
1. How users get into and out of the device.
2. How the device is structured (shape, enclosure, thickness, spans + cantilevers, etc)
3. How the device rests on and is supported by the body.
4. Where and how it contacts the body.
Using the manufacturing techniques to build a prototype/mock-up of any areas, parts or sections that may present a problem in final construction, or areas that need to be tested for effect and performance.
The final product:
By blocking central forward vision, this device is meant to require the use of your peripheral vision only. Lacking awareness of what's in front of you changes the perception of space which disorients the user causing a variety of adjusting actions.
