wuxia the fox educational design project showcase - ottawa prime time 2017
TRANSCRIPT
Imagining the future of Mixed
Realities
An Educational Design Project by Jonathan Bélisle
http://www.helloarchitekt.com http://www.wuxiathefox.com
A preferable future
In 2005 I had a complex dream about 2060 … It was a dream about the ecological future and how to make sure kids would be more contemplative, calmer, enjoying reading paper books in 2060 and finding more meaningful usages to the technologies surrounding them instrad of getting distracted by them.
A trilogy of phenomenas
Nature Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Natural Ecosystems Disorder
HomeostasisNarratives & Interactions to protect the
biosphere in the 21st century
A film that you readA Continuous Voice Recognition and Camera Vision iPad App paired with a Physical Illustrated Book.
Stories and Interactive Scenes unfold as the user reads.
First phase - 2014/2017
An ecosystem of (calm) connected narrative objectsAmulets, Symbolic Tiles, Bracelets, Masks allow the user to discover
new story worlds and new forms of interactions (musical creation & StoryMaking). The connected objects can also be shared collectively
in events or while walking.
Second Phase - 2017/2019
Augmented Spaces Spatial Storytelling, Sensory Rooms & Soundscapes
Third phase - 2017/2018
A Story & Experience Management SystemMulti-user, Multi-Media, Multi-Environments,
multi-devices, multi-sensory
Walkable FilmsFourth phase - 2018/2020
Physical ComputingThe future of Cinema is Embodied Cinema
The Connected World Compas
The AI revolution Compass
Key Design Principles of Wuxia
The Mixed Realities Rainbow: From Ocular Centric to Full Body experiences
The IoT opportunity
Calm Computing
Promoting a calmer & less ocular centric computing (less screens, no helmets) era to augment Human
Interactions that stimulate all senses, ignite deep cognition and arouse
imaginations.
Wearable Computing is Not Calm Technology, Yet
Big Think. May 22, 2014, by Mike Merrill
"Technology shouldn't require all of our attention, just some of it, and only when necessary." Certainly, wearables are failing at being a Calm Technology.
Another issue with wearables is their incessant need for our attention: it’s less the unobtrusive ideal of “put it on and forget it” and more a flashback to your worst
Tamogotchi nightmare. The user has to spend a considerable amount of time dealing with the device itself and with the data it produces. Each has its own app sending you alerts
and constant software updates.
Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention
Technology should inform and create calm
Technology should make use of the periphery
Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity
Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak
The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem
Technology should respect social norms
Principles of Calm Technology
Guidelines for Creativity
• Distributed, Ambient & Pervasive Interaction Design • Story Design intersects with Computational Design • Data Driven Practices • Spatial Storytelling • SoundScapes
More contemplationless distractions, less divided attention
The Mindful Designerand the persuasion design community
Storymaking & DreamweavingImmersive & Participative
Experience Architecture Services, Multi-Sensory Narratives, Connected Objects Development, Augmented
Space & Ambient Interactions Orchestration
wuxiathefox.com + noemtoys.com + iotheatre.co
Create with our Immersive & Participative Storytelling framework
[email protected] / @wuxia