Facing Interaction

10am Sensory Body Tomas Laurenzo - Facing Interaction http://laurenzo.net

“Tomás Laurenzo is an artist and academic who works with both physical and digital media to explore the artistic construction of meaning and its relation with power and politics.”

Within Tomas’s presentation he discussed his research into augmenting alternative modes of communication. He implemented this by tracking characteristics of the face using a Microsoft Kinect sensor with custom computer software. A depth camera was used to track the position of the head - in relation to the face. This was correlated with sound - the Beatles song I am the Walrus. I am interested in user interaction to provoke movement or illuminate some sensory element.