It’s a remedy mask for two people who hesitate to talk to each other. Separated from outside world with the mask, users sit with legs crossed, face to face, and communicate with each other through smiles. It’s for the eager of communicating without seeing each other’s face yet still feeling the intimacy. In the virtual world, users are surrounded by huge monsters, who will help the remediation process.
Features
Two-people, foldable accordion origami mask
Portable intimate space
Self-made surface mounted circuit board as Muscle Sensor * 2
One for each users
For detecting the muscle on face. In this scenario, will be used to detect Zygomaticus major muscle, which is associated with smiling
Content Test
Fabrication Process
Small scale paper testing (Thank Origami master Uttam for the help!)
Then use mylar sheet for the final material. Got an angel helper Gladys!
Test putting it on two people! Need to add paper in the bottom part to increase the distance between two users, allowing the space for sitting with legs crossed face to face comfortably
It’s a puppet mask that speaks for you when you are not in the mood of socializing but still wanting to be nice. It also helps you to escape the real world, and provides temporary healthy self-pity for you to enjoy
Features
Nonverbal communication
Tunnel between real & virtual world
Deal with social behaviors for you
Take you exploring the 100% reality-unrelated world
Four Corners
self pity zone
so many escapees zone
white noise zone
connect to other masks
Content Test
Fabrication Process
Use upholstery foam as paper. Trace the pattern on the foam and cut it.
Glue them with hot glue! Perfect match with foam. Thanks for the tips from awesome Jingwen!
So many hot glue sticks to make a head.
Body without hands and legs yet.
Waiting for elastic band to assemble all together! (Look like a creepy baby)
It’s a community nest that connect people to overcome the distance. During the day, you walk and work as a worker bee. During the night, you come back to the nest and share what you got
Features
It’s a honeycomb mask
Two modes (switchable)
Resting Mode: User is virtually situated in one cell of the honeycomb
See and communicate with other people, just like a video conference
w/ Queen & Baby larvae
Working Mode: User is virtually in the air, outside the honeycomb
Not like in Resting Mode, the camera screen will follow the head, so the user can see and walk
w/ Worker
To do:
Activities & interactions
Resting Mode – Since it’s about living as a community, what will a community usually do?
Vote
Self supply
Recycle
Working Mode – Like honeybee, workers go out to collect pollen etc
Activities of worker bee
gather pollen into the pollen baskets on their back legs
create wax for comb
feed larvae
guard
Having a swarm of worker bees with you
assist you
protect you
accompany you
When other people connect to the Hive, the certain cell of the mask will light up, otherwise in “breathing” mode
Content Test
<– Worker Bee
Fabrication
leftover from laser cut
version 1
version 2 – mask
so many combs and mask of Frank! (Thank you Vicci!)
First prototype (or maybe not just a prototype…) of MASK collection – Control Room.
Story
It’s the kind of fantasy castle that a child builds up and role-play inside. The interior is rough and the space is tiny, but with the protection and imaginary friends, you feel less timid to the outside world.
Features
It’s a townhouse cardboard mask
User is virtually in a cardboard room, and sees the real world through different windows
The distance between self and the world is created, thus decreased the threatening feeling
When you stay still, imaginary friends start to encourage you
Things I learned
For improving performance of phone, reducing face amount
Detailed model –> NO, simple yet interesting shape –> YES
Texture’s effect is more powerful than model
…
Content test:
Imagination friend test
Fabrication process:
Failure
Normal, discarded cardboard is too thick… have to buy a good thin quality cardboard.
Scale up for eyeglasses. Too big unfortunately. Width between them will be perfect. One good thing is although the mat board is a little bit heavier, it’s not that big difference.
<– Worker Bee
