Slow

Today, the response time to the movement of the user was slowed down. Due to the delay the relation between movements and the effect on displays could not easily be recognized.

Multiplex

Last Friday, only the effect Luminary was working normally. The video input that was taken in front of the Luminary display was transfered to all other screens. People seemed to be somewhat confused by this set-up but started playing with it after they recognizing that that others could see their mirror image all over the façade.

Complexity II – Luminary on all screens

During last Sunday’s observation Luminary was playing on all four screens.

Numbers III

To complete the experimental part of this research project a second set of experiments is scheduled for the end of November. The first of these set-ups was tested today (See the video).

After completing the last experiments the additional survey starts in December.

Numbers II

See today´s set-up in the following video. Only one screen was switched on. It might seem obvious that less people are using the installation when there are less screens. The observation also revealed a different usage behavior once people started using the installation. More details will be published in the final documentation.

Complexity I – Progression on all screens

Thanks to a warm November this year, conditions are steady and many people are using the installation. During yesterday´s experiment the behavior of almost 400 passers-by could be observed. The total number of observed individuals now exceeds 2000. In order to analyze the use of the different overlays the effect Progression was played on all screens on the façade. On the picture you can see the two screens in the middle.

A short video of people using this set-up can be seen here.

Reducing choice III

Yesterday, the last experiment on reducing choice was conducted. Only shortly before the observation the rain fortunately stopped so people in front of the façade seem to be acting normally.

Reducing choice I – Aura on all 4 Mirrors

Today, the effect Aura was played on all displays as can be seen in the short video above. The results of this third observation seem to be confirming the hypothesis.

Experiments started today

The experiments on intrinsic motivation started today with the first experimental set-up. After shutting down the mirror image (video output) passers-by were observed by a hidden observer.

The way people could interact with the installation did not change as can be seen in the following video. The only difference was that there were no mirror images so people could not see themselves on the displays. (A second video: Flexibility) The first impression was quite astonishing as almost none out of more than 300 observed passers-by was using the installation.

The observation was done out of a parking car so people did not notice that they were observed.

 

Alice through the Inter-Face

One month before the presentation of our paper “Alice through the Inter-Face” at the 9th ERCIM Workshop “User Interfaces For All” Alice dropped by to try Magical Mirrors.