Shadow communication

Abstract

Shadow Communication" system has been developed allowing others to communicate by means of their "shadows" in remote space. This is designed so that each participant's shadow enters into a space through a semi-transparent screen and interacts with another subject's shadow. This interaction occurs at a common 'stage' (a co-existing space) that can be self-organized. The interaction takes place in a spatial relationship ("ma"-perceptive distance or "Maai" in Japanese) and generates a situation where, seemingly, the participants are actually talking to each other in a face-to-face manner. Experiments on collaborative drawings or remote lecturing conducted with various subjects resulted in the different groups being properly positioned in their co-existing space, thus suggesting that the co-creative activities between the groups were successfully established.

Augmented architectural space system for the creation of casual connections with people

“…The silhouette images of both students projected on the large screen attempt to solve (2) above. By projecting a silhouette image of the whole body in front of the student's eyes, the presence [14] and body language of the other party, which are difficult to convey online, can be expressed without violating privacy. In addition, by projecting not only the silhouette of the other party but also one's own silhouette on the same spatial image, we thought it would induce a sense of being in the same space as the other party.…”