Box
My Idea is an interactive installation. Physically it is a room in which a big box is hanging from the ceiling. The Box can be moved around and has different handles on it. On The Box is projected an image of a person.
The user walks into the room where The Box is hanging. One of the handles on The Box is a keyboard.
The user can then:
1. touch The Box.
2. try the keyboard.
3. look around for a while.
In cases 1 or 3 the character notices the user and stirs and starts trying to talk to them, but without success, the voice is not transferred.
In case 2 the text being typed by the user appears on the wall behind the character, it notices it and notices a keyboard set in its room and type out an answer fitting for the user. The user watches the typing and hears a voice "translating" the typing into sound.
After the first communication method has been established there are a few ways this can develop:
1. There is a verbal conversation that last for a while, until after a certain time limit, the character will start making requests from the user (regarding the temperature, the angles of the room and aiding to escape).
2. The user will start operating The Box and its handles, effecting the character's immediate envinroment and causing it to react verbally until a dialogue is developed that will become option 1. After a while.
3. The user will start operating The Box and its handles, effecting the character's immediate envinroment and causing it to react verbally but the user will ignore it, which will cause the inevitable elimination of the character.
4. The user will walk away from The Box, the character will try asking it to stay and save it's life.
In cases 1 or 2, that end up in a dialogue, the character will share with the user what it knows about its world and will ask questions about the user's whereabouts. The character will also answer questions the user is asking. Eventually the handles will come in to the picture.
So far I have these ideas:
1. a handle controlling airflow into The Box.
2. a handle controlling the temperature.
3. a handle controlling an arm of the character.
4. a handle opening little openings (a different one each time) in the room from which the
character can try escaping The Box...never to succeed.
5. Moving The Box will have and actual one to one effect on the room in which the character is
living, including flipping and spinning.
That's it for now.
The user walks into the room where The Box is hanging. One of the handles on The Box is a keyboard.
The user can then:
1. touch The Box.
2. try the keyboard.
3. look around for a while.
In cases 1 or 3 the character notices the user and stirs and starts trying to talk to them, but without success, the voice is not transferred.
In case 2 the text being typed by the user appears on the wall behind the character, it notices it and notices a keyboard set in its room and type out an answer fitting for the user. The user watches the typing and hears a voice "translating" the typing into sound.
After the first communication method has been established there are a few ways this can develop:
1. There is a verbal conversation that last for a while, until after a certain time limit, the character will start making requests from the user (regarding the temperature, the angles of the room and aiding to escape).
2. The user will start operating The Box and its handles, effecting the character's immediate envinroment and causing it to react verbally until a dialogue is developed that will become option 1. After a while.
3. The user will start operating The Box and its handles, effecting the character's immediate envinroment and causing it to react verbally but the user will ignore it, which will cause the inevitable elimination of the character.
4. The user will walk away from The Box, the character will try asking it to stay and save it's life.
In cases 1 or 2, that end up in a dialogue, the character will share with the user what it knows about its world and will ask questions about the user's whereabouts. The character will also answer questions the user is asking. Eventually the handles will come in to the picture.
So far I have these ideas:
1. a handle controlling airflow into The Box.
2. a handle controlling the temperature.
3. a handle controlling an arm of the character.
4. a handle opening little openings (a different one each time) in the room from which the
character can try escaping The Box...never to succeed.
5. Moving The Box will have and actual one to one effect on the room in which the character is
living, including flipping and spinning.
That's it for now.
posted by Me at 18:00
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