Today there are
intricate models of air-flow, even in urban areas. Furthermore, based on the
current weather measurements, there are extremely detailed pressure, humidity
and temperature information of almost every place on earth. Wouldn’t it be
great to actually see and experience them un-filtered?
I suggest to have an
augmented reality device, e.g. Google Glass, that can present the current
atmospheric situation at the place you are now. Seeing the actual air-flows,
humidity and pressure variations, temperature gradients. This information can
instantly connect a person to the surrounding environment.
It can also help
scientists and researcher understand their models of air-flow. By combining the
augmented reality not to models, but rather to in-place sensors, one can “go around
and measure the flow of air with one’s own eyes”. That can be a unique
experience and I propose one that can introduce new appreciation and sensation
of the environment and its intricacies.
Another option to
augment vision is with another sense, for example tactile information. There
was a recent work where computational vision increased the sensitivity of
movements, ones so minute that could not be seen by the naked eye. One can do
this with air-flows, in the same context of walking and seeing air-flows, one
can combine a wearable bat (see my previous post), such that detection of
minute air-flows and winds are increased and are felt via wearable vibrators on
the cloth. This can create a fully immersive experience: seeing air and feeling
its flow.
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