Experiencing Body as Interface
Maker Faire Bay Area 2017
MAKERS
Tingshan Gou
Tingshan is a UX prototyper. She loves cool idea and makes it happen. She currently immerses herself in art installations, audio/visual interactions, games, IoT products, and web/mobile applications with her diverse skills.
Tong Wen
Tong Wen is a passionate and rational designer, artist, programmer and craftsman. User experience, user interface, website, visual identity, illustration, performing arts, hardware design, architecture, are all parts of her design experience.
Match and Fly Attack are two funny games from our experimental series. We invite players to step out of usual ways of interaction with computers and mobiles, and discover our body gestures for potential interactions.
What inspired you to make this project?:
We got our inspiration from daily interactions with computer and mobile devices at work. We kept thinking how we could further maximize our ability using our body as interface and medium with the help of current technologies. We realized current trend tends to follow best practices and make the most use of subconscious gestures in our hands, but doesn't pay enough attention to the rest of our body. We hope to throw out some thoughts on this topic, and potentially be a part of future world of interactions, including in the context of helping people who are in physical disability.
