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23 Mar 2015

In short: A phone app to create portals in water puddles to show speculated futures by augmenting reflections.

Inspiration: My obsession with water puddles, portals, parallel universes, optical illusions and water reflections.

Presentation is here

Description:
Users will be asked to find a ‘perfect water puddle’ (with clear sky reflection in it). When they look at this perfect puddle from their phone application, a portal to another world will be created. The reflection in the puddle will replaced by reflection from another world. This world will not merely be a figment of fiction but an speculated future which might become reality in near future. By looking at this speculated reflection, users can reflect on what their world might become.

Technology:

1. Ask the user to tap on the puddle of their interest. Detect the pixels of the puddle against the road/background.

2. Calculate the perspective from which the user is viewing the puddle.

3. Warp the futuristic reflection to the puddle depending on the angle/perspective of the phone Vs ground plane.

Platform: I am planning to use openFrameworks.

Useful links:
ofxCV
ofxiPhone