WorldEar: alternative interfaces for the web

  • Authors:
  • Michael Schneider;Kenneth Haller;Kentaro Okuda

  • Affiliations:
  • New York University;Decker Design;SGF Associates

  • Venue:
  • SIGGRAPH '05 ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Web program
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

motohoho is a collective of artists and designers who build networked devices that allow users all over the world to communicate with each other through gestural, tactile, sonic and visual interactions. With our projects, people who do not share language, culture or location can find similarities and differences through a shared experience without relying on a common verbal language. In this time of political and international unrest, creating portals through which people around the world can communicate in an intimate manner that accentuates both cultural similarities and differences, has become vitally important. What we create is social hardware that enhances the remote connectivity of people around the world through a shared everyday experience and encourages inter-cultural understanding.