Eye Tracking Interactive - Iteration 2

The eye tracking interactive teaches kids and adults that their brain is hardwired to look for faces, motion, and changes in color. It accomplishes this experience by showing them a short video followed by the same video with an overlay of where they were looking.

The first version of the eye tracking interactive went through user testing and a few changes had to be made to help the user calibrate with the eye tracker. A problem I was facing with the eye tracker is to make it accessible for children and adults - dealing with their various heights. The first version was using face tracking to estimate where the persons face was in three-dimensional space, but this proved to be tricky since people continued to move after they calibrated. The removal of the face tracking system and an addition of a pair of eye-glass frames proved to be an easier way to keep people's head still while they were watching the video. Furthermore, the eye-glass frames conveyed the information that the user's eyes are being used to interact with the interactive. The following images and video show the changes made to the interactive.

Lie to Me

Lie to Me is an experience that teaches kids and adults about micro-expressions. When lying, the brain reveals its inner state through micro-expressions that cannot be controlled. I prototyped Lie to Me while working for the Franklin Institute. This digital interactive involves two players, one interrogator and one liar, facing each other across a table. They interact face-to-face and with two touch screens. A webcam is recording the liar every time the interrogator asks a question. The interrogator's objective is to analyze three video recordings of the liar and look for micro-expressions, and finally, choose the answer that contains the lie. This experience was developed using processing.