Photo from: @fotoduda @weimin chu @xiang yu
A famous Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto said that the "self" thing is invisible, bumping into something else, bouncing back, will understand "self", so when you collide with something very strong, something terrible, something of a very high standard, and then you know what "you" are, this is the self. Well, at CHI23, I feel like being a rolling stone all the way. It’s indeed making it more clear to me who I am and what I'm working for. I feel like I'm experiencing some kind of super cool and boundary-free way of being innovative and educated.
Below are three interesting projects on my honorable list.
No1: No Pie in the (Digital) Sky: Co-Imagining the Food Metaverse. Given the importance of food in our daily lives, the research team asks: how will our relationships with food be transformed by the metaverse, and what are the promises and pitfalls of this technology? I love this research because I see so many possibilities for the metaverse to combine healthy eating with the food industry, and even started to imagine a metaverse for AH's healthy food exploration.
No2: Hybrid Collaboration for the Meeting Room. It's a simple yet practical demonstration: they connect a virtual meeting room and a traditional meeting room using a hybrid whiteboard. At the same time, individuals in the physical meeting room can view virtual models demonstrated by the VR presenter through tablets or cell phones.
No3: Towards a Bedder Future: A Study of Using Virtual Reality while Lying Down.
The reason for the selection, I never thought it could be like this!
As a design researcher born in the 80s, I've lived through different phases of design - from object-focused, to experience-focused, to today's system-focused approach. One exhibition that left a lasting impression on me was the Mouse Museum (on a desk), which brought me back to an era when technology was full of possibilities and people around me are so diverse and different (especially considering I come from China, and we have 56 ethnic groups). Recently, a photo from Weimin Chu on WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2023 caught my attention, showing a glimmer room in an abandoned apartment, (the apartment may never be finished for some reason, but some residents who already paid for it try to make their life there with a solar lamp).
It's like a metaphor for the nowadays tech-booming era, where artificial intelligence is advancing by leaps and bounds while the entire system is facing hidden crises. As a member of the systemic change group, I often feel that my research, although unrelated to the shiny tech, is closely linked to these unlit rooms (people and their living context). Sometimes, our work results may not be visible or tangible, but they are also good designs in my mind, wish I'm still on the right track, and let's do better in the future, my dear systemic change group.
日本著名时装设计师山本耀司曾说过，“自我”是看不见的，只有撞上别的东西，弹回来，才会理解“自我”。因此，当你与某些非常强大、可怕或者非常高标准的东西碰撞时，你就会知道你是谁，这就是自我。在CHI23的一周里，我感觉自己像一颗滚石，不断地被碰撞，这让我更加清楚自己是谁，以及我在为什么目标而努力工作。
以下是我选出这次会议看到的三个有趣的项目
（原作名称在👆🏻英文描述里）。
1：（数字）天上没有馅饼🥙：共同构想食品元宇宙。考虑到食品在我们日常生活中的重要性，研究团队提出问题：元宇宙将如何改变我们与食品的关系，这项技术的优势和缺陷是什么？
2：会议室的混合协作。这是一个简单而实用的演示原型：flat frog团队使用数字白板将虚拟会议室和传统会议室连接起来。同时，物理会议室的参与者可以通过平板电脑或手机查看VR参会者在数字空间里所展示的虚拟模型。
3：在躺着时使用VR技术研究。我选择这个研究的原因是…原来还可以有躺着玩VR的选择！
作为一个80后，我经历了不同阶段的设计，从以物品为中心，到以体验为中心，到今天的系统为中心的方法。有一个展览给我留下了深刻的印象，那是在一张桌子上的鼠标博物馆，它让我回到了一个技术充满各种可能性、周围的人如此多样化的时代。最近，一张荷赛奖2023的照片引起了我的好奇，照片显示一间烂尾楼里的微微闪烁的灯光。就像是现今技术繁荣时代的一个隐喻，人工智能正在飞速发展，而整个系统却处处都暗藏危机。作为系统变革小组的成员，我经常感到我的研究虽然与闪闪发光的技术无关，但却与这些阴影中的“房间”密切相关。有时，我们的工作成果可能是无形的，但我认为它们也是好的设计，希望我仍然在正确的道路上，未来可以做得更好🚀
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