“Spyglass for Amplifying Nostalgic Feelings”
Nostalgia came up quite a bit in last class when we were discussing projects and papers. Here’s a project from Japan that may be of interest:
Excerpted from “we-make-money-not-art”:
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/
December 06, 2005
Spyglass for Amplifying Nostalgic Feelings
Spyglass, by Fumiaki Murakami, is a spy glass that provides immersive 360-dgree virtual reality experiences. When you rotate the spyglass, what you see moves in the right manner, giving you the illusion of peeping into a real space. You can also zoom in and out.
Murakami uses this device to convey a kind of nostalgic feeling related to one’s childhood. He visited places where he played as a kid, took pictures, and recreated 360-degree scenery in black and white, which can only be viewed through the spyglass.
Spyglass seems to amplify nostalgic feelings — someone who used this device says it could provide very emotional experiences if its zooming feature can be enhanced to allow one to smoothly zoom into realistic close-up views.
via Digital Stadium
http://www.nhk.or.jp/digista/review/051126_review.html#no3