To See
An Analog Augmented Reality (AR) Device
- 02.2015
- What is it like to observe the physical act of seeing in real time? Simply put, what is it like to see yourself seeing things? This project seek out to solve that question with the most simplistic design and material use. My answer is a pair of glasses made of hand-formed copper wire frame that friction holds a pair of circular 3D-printed bio-plastic white frames. Each frame is constructed to hold a 3/4 inch circular piece of mirror glass positioned approx 3” from the wearer’s iris.
- The visual experience with the glasses on is remarkably unique and is hard to explain in words but here my attempt:
- When the wearer focuses her vision on the 3/4” glass in front of her eyes she’s able to see all that’s around her as though without any glasses on. However, her surrounding vision is all through the mirror reflection off of her iris. She is able to see her surroundings as well as her own iris and pupil movements at the same time. The glasses allow the wearer to see how they are “seeing” in real time.
