This is one time when it's polite to stare.
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Most dresses are made by fashion designers. It takes a special dress to also require the efforts of a robotic designer. Fashion designer Ying Gao brought in robotics designer Simon Laroche to help create (No)where (Now)here, two dresses that activate when someone looks at them.
The gaze-activated dresses incorporate eye-tracking technology. When the dress detects a person’s gaze, it moves and lights up in the dark. The undulating dresses are mesmerizing to look at. The fabric moves like gentle waves, making them look alive, like some strange ocean denizens.
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The interactive dresses’ movements come from tiny motors. The lighting effect is generated by photoluminescent thread.
The artist’s statement reads, “A photograph is said to be ‘spoiled’ by blinking eyes — here however, the concept of presenc… [Read more]
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