Fluxa: Body Movements as a Social Display

• Main Authors: Liu, Xin (Author), Vega, Katia (Author), Qian, Jing (Author), Paradiso, Joseph (Author), Maes, Pattie (Author)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: ACM Press, 2020-05-08T15:05:01Z.
• Subjects: Article
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 This paper presents Fluxa, a compact wearable device that exploits body movements, as well as the visual effects of persistence of vision (POV), to generate mid-air displays on and around the body. When the user moves his/her limb, Fluxa displays a pattern that, due to retinal afterimage, can be perceived by the surrounding people. We envision Fluxa as a wearable display to foster social interactions. It can be used to enhance existing social gestures such as hand-waving to get attention, as a communicative tool that displays the speed and distance covered by joggers, and as a self-expression device that generates images while dancing. We discuss the advantages of Fluxa: a display size that could be much larger than the device itself, a semi-transparent display that allows users and others to see though it and promotes social interaction.