Change Blindness
A projected image blinks every few seconds. With each blink a part of the image changes. Users control the exhibit through a pushbutton interface.
interface detail
Installation view
image before any changes
image after a number of changes
image after all changes
Change Blindness is a museum exhibit about perception and attention. A large projected image blinks every few seconds. With each blink, something in the image changes. After roughly 30 changes, the original image has transformed completely into a new image. Viewers rarely notice any of the changes. The blink, analogous to the blink of an eye, the pass of a windshield wiper, or any other momentary disruption to your field of view, prevents the apparent motion of the change from drawing your attention to it. A small podium with pushbuttons allows viewers to control the projection: toggle the most recent change on and off, remove the blink, and see the image before any of the changes were made.
technical:Change Blindness was developed in Director, and communicates through a serial interface to the interface podium.
my roles: concept development, interaction design, programming, graphic design
