The Cartoon Room
Redefining Co-presence.
This project proposed passive video collaboration platform, where computer vision is used to populate a digital co-working space with avatars. The interface is intended to be left running in the background while performing other tasks. The live presence of others becomes the primary functionality, rather than direct communication. Be it friends or colleagues, users are registered and visible to each other without the invasive direct surveillance of users. They would be able tp experience the emotional and productive benefits of co-presence without a continuous webcam.
To execute a working prototype, we used markers in a custom program to simulate computer vision and output a live graphic representation of a user's presence and context. To develop beyond the existing prototype, avatars would be customizable to each user and functionality would be streamlined and simplified for users using computer vision.
