:: CONCEPT
   
Abstract :

Cybersidewalk is an interactive Installation focusung on the social implications of emerging electronic Communication. Starting from Sidewalks as a tool for getting in Contact and forming Communities it proposes an Approach to merge direct and electronic communication.

::DESIGN
::TECHNOLOGY
 

 

  
Overview:

The work consists of a theoretical and a practical part.

The Master Thesis develops a critical outlook on our future based on the history of social changes in context of the development of electronic communication. Based on this I show dangers in current developments but also propose ways to merge the best of both worlds. (Download Thesis PDF ).

The questions raised can be explored first hand with the interactive installation. The experimental approach invites to playfully develop a critical attitude towards the technology behind the shiny shell.

The installation consists of a mobile Terminal an a Web interface. The terminal is aware of its position in space and generates an Information-Meta-Layer with its Layer which is mapped onto the world in three dimensions. Information objects and structures can be placed and edited in 3d Space.

The Web interface, a fully navigable 3d-Model of the exhibition space, is synchronized in real time with the terminal. It's possible to enter the space as an avatar and to interact and communicate with the terminal and other avatars in real time.

Details on the Design of the Terminal and the Web interface

Details on the Technology

 

About Me:

I'm working as a Freelance Designer and Developer in Stuttgart, Germany. If you're Interested in the Project or would like me to Develop Applications, Games, Movies or Installations for you, feel free to contact me.

 

 
Thanks :

This work would not have been possible without these peoples’ help: Thank you…

Kathrin Grunwald for practical support in the terminal construction, helpful conversation and making me drunk when I most needed it.

Peter Roller-Kalker of NEC for his generous support in acquiring the beamer.

Heinz Maurer, Helmut and Emil Issler for their invaluable short notice Help in an emergency situation.

Isabell Bader for bearing a Diplom-Panicking Roommate.

Hagen Betzwieser for the Sackkarre, Multiblitz Arms and the Foil Mirror.

Caroline Bachmeier for bearing not having a boy-friend for a while.

Olia Lialina for her Patience and Trust that everything will eventually work out and for Providing her Office as an Laboratory.

Merz Akademie Stuttgart for providing the Space, Coffee and Bandwidth

 

 
 

     
©2003 by Martin Maurer