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An updated version of my Found Connections project will appear at the TV of Tomorrow conference in San Francisco March 10th and 11th.
Found Connections is an interactive installation where users can explore the social network of television characters in an augmented reality video display. Each user is given a “paddle” with a tracking marker printed on it. A video camera tracks the markers and overlays graphics representing the characters and their relationships from the TV show in the virtual mirror video display. As different combinations of
characters are detected in the space the complex relationship between them is revealed.
This installation presents an alternate way for fans of the television show to discover the relationships between their favorite characters and creates a hybrid virtual/real space where television characters and viewers can exist together.
Here’s a picture of the installation at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.