NEW YORK
The Medusa Machine Project has been exhibited in New York from June 5th to June 13th at the Fair Science.
The fair was announced by the Flux Factory.
Again, the project has been perfectly supported by Tobii Eye Tracking Technology.
The fair was announced by the Flux Factory.
Again, the project has been perfectly supported by Tobii Eye Tracking Technology.
EXHIBITION
Thank you Oli Wrobel & Ilda Kim for the pictures!
MEDUSA MACHINE
EYE TRACKING RESEARCH ON FORM & PICTURE
During this session 60 persons were watching a PDF with
25 pages. The duration per page was 5 seconds.
What the probands did not know -
one page inside the PDF included their own portrait.
In the following I'd like to show a few results from the
eye tracking session. The lenght of the session
and amount on pictures was initiated to gain a natural
and unprejudiced look on the probands own face.
A big thank you to Tobii Technology for their support
during this project.
25 pages. The duration per page was 5 seconds.
What the probands did not know -
one page inside the PDF included their own portrait.
In the following I'd like to show a few results from the
eye tracking session. The lenght of the session
and amount on pictures was initiated to gain a natural
and unprejudiced look on the probands own face.
A big thank you to Tobii Technology for their support
during this project.
PROCESS
STEP 1 Shooting of a personal portrait.
STEP 2 Eye tracking on a PDF with 25 pages, each page 5 seconds long.
One page inside the PDF includes the portrait of the proband.
STEP 3 Rebuilding the digital data with the Medusa technology.
STEP 2 Eye tracking on a PDF with 25 pages, each page 5 seconds long.
One page inside the PDF includes the portrait of the proband.
STEP 3 Rebuilding the digital data with the Medusa technology.
RESULTS
Rebuilding the digital eye tracking data with the
Medusa technology led me to the following results.
Rebuilding the digital eye tracking data with the
Medusa technology led me to the following results.
TYPOGRAPHY
DOCUMENTARY
INFO
The thesis »Medusa - Aesthetics of the view« features a new idea for a thirdeye view visualisation in the photographic portrait
using eyetracking technology and the self-developed machine MEDUSA: a tripod with a mounted camera, surrounded by eight gooseneck LEDs.
Photographic research with 100 probands in 2009 in Karlsruhe and Hamburg, Germany and in 2010 in New York City, US.
Process:
Step 1 the process starts by shooting of a regular portrait.
Step 2 the test person will be asked to watch a slideshow of 25 pages, each page for 5 seconds. The eye tracking machine will track the
person's pupil movement and intensity during the whole session with infrared cameras. The goal is to get a natural intended gaze of relevant
spots where the person's eye is attracted on their own face.
Step 3 or the Medusa light setting. The eye tracking data is transformed by hand (digital to analog) on the probands face
with help of the gooseneck LEDs. The longer a persons was looking on spots on their face the brighter they will appear on the portrait.
Areas the proband didn't watch on will be completely dark and invisible.
using eyetracking technology and the self-developed machine MEDUSA: a tripod with a mounted camera, surrounded by eight gooseneck LEDs.
Photographic research with 100 probands in 2009 in Karlsruhe and Hamburg, Germany and in 2010 in New York City, US.
Process:
Step 1 the process starts by shooting of a regular portrait.
Step 2 the test person will be asked to watch a slideshow of 25 pages, each page for 5 seconds. The eye tracking machine will track the
person's pupil movement and intensity during the whole session with infrared cameras. The goal is to get a natural intended gaze of relevant
spots where the person's eye is attracted on their own face.
Step 3 or the Medusa light setting. The eye tracking data is transformed by hand (digital to analog) on the probands face
with help of the gooseneck LEDs. The longer a persons was looking on spots on their face the brighter they will appear on the portrait.
Areas the proband didn't watch on will be completely dark and invisible.
Idea & Concept by Daniel Schludi, 2010