BigShinyThing

This week’s exemplary example is BrainMirror, an interactive experience where the image of the user’s brain appears mixed with his/her mirror image, then uses natural head movement as an interface to explore volumetric visuals of the human brain.

BrainMirror was designed and built by a Swedish-Hungarian team of 3 independent artists and technologist with the intention of creating an interface that works without learning for all age groups, and fosters communal interaction, interaction among the different visitors. Footage of the BrainMirror in action and extensive explanations of how it all works are available on their site.

If you want to experience the real thing, there are 2 BrainMirrors on display at the moment, one in Norrkoping in Sweden and the other in Budapest, Hungary, at the Ludwig museum for
contemporary art, within a show about electromagnetism, until the end of August.