Workshop Abstract

Sensors, actuators, implants, wearable computers, and neural interfaces can do more than simply observe our bodies: these devices can also alter and manipulate our perceptions. This workshop will promote the design and critique of systems whose explicit purpose is to alter human percepts. Participants will be asked to present abstracts, images, videos and demonstrations that focus on devices that shape perceptual phenomena. The goals of the workshop are to: (1) document an emerging field of device design; (2) facilitate the development of these devices by sharing designs; (3) better understand the process of perception and how it informs the design of devices; and (4) debate the aesthetics, perceptual change, social and ethical issues as well as functional transformation the presented works envision for the future.

Keywords

perception, sensors, media art, interaction, augmented reality, phenomenology, transhumanism, prosthetics.

Notice

The Devices that Alter Perception scheduled for October 26th in conjunction with ISMAR has been canceled.

The Call for Papers for DAP 2011 is now available in Plaintext or PDF formats.