Caracolomobile: affect in computer systems

Fraga, Tania

doi:10.1007/s00146-012-0392-4

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“…There are hidden 'seeds' waiting for the users' emotions to trigger growth behaviors; there are flight behavioral patterns allowing some agents to persecute or flee; there are changing relations among the velocities, the positions and the gravities, distinguishing, for example, determined realm or even the camera movement flying through it; and many, many other functions, characterizing the agents' behaviors, which are woven through numeric threads", as quoted in [4] (p.187-188). Furthermore, "from a poetic and aesthetic viewpoints lightness, weightlessness, fluidity, clarity, simplicity and visceral humanmachine symbiosis are vectors pointing to the solutions I have intended to reach", as cited in [3], (p. 7).…”

Section: The Poetic and Aesthetic Approaches Within Mindfluctuationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first result of the art research applied to MindFluctuations was achieved by the construction of the robotic artwork Caracolomobile [3]. This robot was built with an award from the Brazilian Cultural Institute Itaú, in 2010.…”

Section: The Application Numericvariationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The latter had a neural interface described in [3] by recent neuroscience research presented in [31], [32], artificial intelligence research shown in [1], [2], [21] and a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) discussed in [14], [33], [34] integrated with virtual reality software made possible by the use of a framework that has been in development since 2003. These factors have established the basis for the creation of this experimental and interactive artwork and the achieved solutions have allowed the emergence of a symbiosis-as described by David Norman [22] (p. 26)-where users' emotional states such as excitements and frustrations affect the virtual realms in the computer, thus creating slightly different configurations at each presentation of the artwork.…”

Section: The Application Numericvariationsmentioning

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“…I do not believe machines will substitute humans but, since they are built mirroring 'humans' own decision and reasoning processes [2], they have had an increasingly complementary role in human lives. Such role I have called symbiosis" as cited in [3], (p 3). However, it is not the goal of this article to focus on symbiosis.…”

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“…It will happen in the future in site-specific installations and performances. To achieve neural connections with poetic and aesthetic expressions, this artwork searched for ways to use neural data and other related procedures able to be translated by numbers, a procedure described in [3].…”

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MindFluctuations: Poetic, Aesthetic and Technical Considerations of a Dance Spectacle Exploring Neural Connections

Fraga

2018

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In this era of co-evolution of humans and computers, we are witnessing a lot of fear that humanity will lose control and autonomy. This is a possibility. Another is the development of symbiotic systems among men and machines. To accomplish this goal, it is necessary to research ways to apply some key concepts that have a catalytic effect over such ideas. In the discussion of this hypothesis through the case study of the spectacle MindFluctuationsan experimental artwork exploring neural connections-we are looking for ways to develop them from conception to realization. The discussion also establishes a process of reflection on the design, development and production of this dance spectacle. This artwork uses a customized Java application, NumericVariations, to explore the quoted neural connections for spectacles, performances and site-specific installations. Its approach was made possible by recent neuroscience research and the development of a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) integrated with a virtual reality framework, which enable an experimental interactive virtual reality artwork to emerge. A neural helmet connected to the computer and entwined with mathematical procedures enabled a symbiosis of humans with computers. KeywordsComputer Art, Algorithmic Art, Virtual Reality, Brain Computer Interface BCI, Java3D TM . ResumenEn esta era de co-evolución de los seres humanos y las computadoras estamos presenciando mucho miedo de que la humanidad pierda el control y la autonomía. Esta es una posibilidad. Otro es el desarrollo de sistemas simbióticos entre el hombre y las máquinas. Para lograr este objetivo es necesario investigar formas de aplicar algunos conceptos clave capaces de tener un efecto catalizador sobre tales ideas. Al discutir esta posibilidad a través del estudio de caso del espectáculo MindFluctuations, una obra experimental que explora las conexiones neuronales, estamos buscando formas de desarrollarlas discutiendo este caso particular desde su concepción hasta su realización. También establece un proceso de reflexión sobre el diseño, desarrollo y producción de este espectáculo de danza. Esta obra de arte utiliza una aplicación personalizada, NumericVariations, para explorar las conexiones neuronales citadas para espectáculos, actuaciones e instalaciones específicas del sitio. Su enfoque fue posible gracias a la reciente investigación en neurociencia y al desarrollo de una Interfaz de Computadora Cerebral (BCI) integrada con un marco de realidad virtual, que permitió que surgiera una obra experimental de realidad virtual interactiva. Un casco neuronal, conectado a la computadora y entrelazado con procedimientos matemáticos, propició una simbiosis de seres humanos con computadoras. Palabras claveArte informático, Arte algorítmico, Realidad virtual, Interfaz informática de cerebro BCI, Java3D TM .

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Section: The Poetic and Aesthetic Approaches Within Mindfluctuationsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Designing Behaviors to Interactively Interlace Natural Language Processing, Text to Speech Procedures and Algorithmic Images

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2018

Design, User Experience, and Usability: Designing Interactions

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Experimental Art with Brain Controlled Interface

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Louro³

2013

Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design Methods, Tools, and Interaction Techniques for eInclusion

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This essay presents experimental computer artworks using Brain Controlled Interface (BCI). It points to a preliminary contextualization and general development emphasizing affective, sensory, poetic and aesthetic experiences intermediated by mindware devices. BCI offers a new research art field using a low-cost neuro system to explore human mind's untapped potential. A BCI for a Java3D framework allowed to arrive at the concept of exoendogenous interactivity. The main contribution of this essay is the novel use of affective quantified data to provide emotional feedback to computers and participants while experimenting an art piece, intertwining human affective states with computational autonomous processes. May one say that computer agents, by capturing world percepts, perceive the human mind activity? Possible answers to this question may open poetic and aesthetic research fields for artists, leading to a better understanding of how computers collect and respond to emotional states within human minds.

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Caracolomobile: affect in computer systems

Cited by 4 publications

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MindFluctuations: Poetic, Aesthetic and Technical Considerations of a Dance Spectacle Exploring Neural Connections

MindFluctuations: Poetic, Aesthetic and Technical Considerations of a Dance Spectacle Exploring Neural Connections

Designing Behaviors to Interactively Interlace Natural Language Processing, Text to Speech Procedures and Algorithmic Images

Experimental Art with Brain Controlled Interface

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