Wind: Mediated Reality Visualization

Summary

Wind is a research project exploring poetic, real-time representations of the city. A mapping device records the intensity and direction of signals from Wi-Fi routers and cellular antennae, while two Android-based augmented-reality prototypes modify what their users see or hear. The project considers how these otherwise invisible signals can change the experience of a place, including the perceptual disruption produced by mapping data gathered in one city onto another.