Report 7/26
Experiments 20-25 July 1998,
First of all, I've never had so much stomach-problems as last week. After setting up the ' Get Going' on the first day and peddeling a few rounds I thought, how will I ever be able to last in the upcoming week of experiments. But...after some exercise you get at least that much used to the spinning that your stomach-contents will stay in. And if the experiments' aim 'nonmotion within motion' would work out, the nausea would decrease along the week. Note that there's some guy running around that every once and a while jumps up the bike to do a few rounds for fun, even without any further equipment!
So... there's the testperson on the Get Going wearing video-goggels displaying several moving video-images. All the used video-material suggests oneway or the other motion. The testperson should try to hook up with the video to get a feeling of non-motion within motion.
In the following lines I'll just jump from one experiment to the other, considering you' ve read the exact setup in the other piece by Tim.
1st exp:
Setup: Rotating camera, speed-control in hands of the experimenteer.
Target: Will the test-person be able to get the bike in the same speed as the cam and will he have an experience of telepresense.
Result: It's quit easy to get the bike-speed equal with the speed of the cam, but the setup isn't very inviting to do so.
2nd exp.
Setup: Same as exp.1 with reference object (pine-apple) mounted befor the cam.
Target: Will the test-person be able to look at the pine-apple as an extention of the self and will that increase the scores
Result: Nobody claimed the pineapple to become an extention of the self althought it helped the controlebility.
3rd exp.
Setup: Same as exp.1with reference object (pine-apple) turning in opposite direction befor the cam.
Target: Let's do some extremes
Result: Absolutely uncontrollable situation.
4th exp.
Setup: Same as exp.1 but with an animation based on scrolling stripes.
Target: Working of an abstract image; to investigate pure speed without place.
Result: It's possible to catch up with a singel stripe as long as it's on screen. But it's quite frustrating once the stripe runs off. So you would like to have a series of monitors in a line. That's probebly why in this experiment the surface of the screen inside the goggels didn't function as an extention of the eye anymore. After stopping the experiment the looking at the scrolling stripes seem to help your stomach recover.
5th & 6th exp.
I recognize the experiments in Tim's report, but just don't remember much about them. So...no comment.
Experiment 7.I &7:II
Setup: simular animations based on scrolling stripes blended into eachother with the fade function of a videomixer, animation 1 is scrolling in a constant speed. Animation 2 is scrolling conform the bike-speed. The constantly moving stripes are a bit lighter. The test-person should try to hook up with the constantly scrolling animation so the two will then fall together into one picture. The experiment is done with and without correlated sound.
Target: Working of an abstract image; to investigate pure speed without place, and the influence of correlated sound on the test.
Result: Most of testpersons find it quit easy to hook up without the sound on. The working of the sounds is interpreted in various ways. One testperson thinks the sound is changing if he performs better (not true). An other asks if the sounds are made to be distractive. And somebody even saw the stripes becoming 3-dimensial.
Experiment 7.III & 7.IV
Setup: Same as 7.I & 7.II in this case the animations are from the rotating camera pictures.
Target: Will the test work if the element of place (position) is introduced, and the influence of correlated sound on the test.
Results: All the testpersons claim to have big trouble to see wich animation they control. But... very nice images on the checkmonitor.
Experiment 8
Setup: Same as 7.III & 7.IV in this case one of the animation is set in negetiv to improve self-recognition.
Target: Same
Results: The testperson that's, by the way, quit commen with the Get Going manages to get the two layers almost sinc wich gave again very beatifull images. A very exiting moment! The added sound seemed to help the testperson to concentrate.
All together, a very satisfying working-period in wich I did play-wise, looking back by now, a lot of experiments of which at least some of the experienses will have efforts in upcoming projects.
Marnix de Nijs
First of all, I've never had so much stomach-problems as last week. After setting up the ' Get Going' on the first day and peddeling a few rounds I thought, how will I ever be able to last in the upcoming week of experiments. But...after some exercise you get at least that much used to the spinning that your stomach-contents will stay in. And if the experiments' aim 'nonmotion within motion' would work out, the nausea would decrease along the week. Note that there's some guy running around that every once and a while jumps up the bike to do a few rounds for fun, even without any further equipment!
So... there's the testperson on the Get Going wearing video-goggels displaying several moving video-images. All the used video-material suggests oneway or the other motion. The testperson should try to hook up with the video to get a feeling of non-motion within motion.
In the following lines I'll just jump from one experiment to the other, considering you' ve read the exact setup in the other piece by Tim.
1st exp:
Setup: Rotating camera, speed-control in hands of the experimenteer.
Target: Will the test-person be able to get the bike in the same speed as the cam and will he have an experience of telepresense.
Result: It's quit easy to get the bike-speed equal with the speed of the cam, but the setup isn't very inviting to do so.
2nd exp.
Setup: Same as exp.1 with reference object (pine-apple) mounted befor the cam.
Target: Will the test-person be able to look at the pine-apple as an extention of the self and will that increase the scores
Result: Nobody claimed the pineapple to become an extention of the self althought it helped the controlebility.
3rd exp.
Setup: Same as exp.1with reference object (pine-apple) turning in opposite direction befor the cam.
Target: Let's do some extremes
Result: Absolutely uncontrollable situation.
4th exp.
Setup: Same as exp.1 but with an animation based on scrolling stripes.
Target: Working of an abstract image; to investigate pure speed without place.
Result: It's possible to catch up with a singel stripe as long as it's on screen. But it's quite frustrating once the stripe runs off. So you would like to have a series of monitors in a line. That's probebly why in this experiment the surface of the screen inside the goggels didn't function as an extention of the eye anymore. After stopping the experiment the looking at the scrolling stripes seem to help your stomach recover.
5th & 6th exp.
I recognize the experiments in Tim's report, but just don't remember much about them. So...no comment.
Experiment 7.I &7:II
Setup: simular animations based on scrolling stripes blended into eachother with the fade function of a videomixer, animation 1 is scrolling in a constant speed. Animation 2 is scrolling conform the bike-speed. The constantly moving stripes are a bit lighter. The test-person should try to hook up with the constantly scrolling animation so the two will then fall together into one picture. The experiment is done with and without correlated sound.
Target: Working of an abstract image; to investigate pure speed without place, and the influence of correlated sound on the test.
Result: Most of testpersons find it quit easy to hook up without the sound on. The working of the sounds is interpreted in various ways. One testperson thinks the sound is changing if he performs better (not true). An other asks if the sounds are made to be distractive. And somebody even saw the stripes becoming 3-dimensial.
Experiment 7.III & 7.IV
Setup: Same as 7.I & 7.II in this case the animations are from the rotating camera pictures.
Target: Will the test work if the element of place (position) is introduced, and the influence of correlated sound on the test.
Results: All the testpersons claim to have big trouble to see wich animation they control. But... very nice images on the checkmonitor.
Experiment 8
Setup: Same as 7.III & 7.IV in this case one of the animation is set in negetiv to improve self-recognition.
Target: Same
Results: The testperson that's, by the way, quit commen with the Get Going manages to get the two layers almost sinc wich gave again very beatifull images. A very exiting moment! The added sound seemed to help the testperson to concentrate.
All together, a very satisfying working-period in wich I did play-wise, looking back by now, a lot of experiments of which at least some of the experienses will have efforts in upcoming projects.
Marnix de Nijs
