Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Locatives through sound.

http://youtu.be/ZKw_Mp5YkaE




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DfMnyz4Y44&feature=player_embedded


After fitting a participant with the headphones, they took just moments to get their bearings. As can be seen from the track logs, which captured the user’s location every 30 seconds, their movement was quite deterministic with very little wandering. Some participants followed the path of least resistance, walking casually and following the sound. The green path shows a participant who followed the winding creek to the sound source, rather than scaling the low rolling hills. The yellow path shows a user who preferred to run straight across it.
participant tracks
One user even sprinted up the face of the mountain, leaving me stumbling behind, tripping over headphone cables and fumbling to keep a hold of the laptop.
participant tracks