I AM YOU
The Project
“I AM YOU” is an installation for the future, existing in the present, and built on the past. Take a seat, reflect. Take a picture, wait. Scan your avatar. Then what? Up to you...
Once upon a time our identity was only physical. Then, a phone number was given to us. We chose our email. Later, gamertags for Club Penguin and PlayStation; handles and profile pics for Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok etc. How many versions of us exist?
Now, during Sónar CCCB 2021 you can create a 3D avatar. Is it you? I don't know, do you?
As the barrier between digital and physical becomes thinner and eventually disappears, how will we define reality? How will we choose to present ourselves? Who have we been, who are we now? And who will we be?
The creation of this installation, digitals and assets was a class project.
Process
A sensor-triggered webcam captures the visitor's photo at the booth, generating a low-poly 3D avatar in real time. By scanning a QR code, visitors can carry their avatar into augmented reality, viewing it standing beside them through their own phone camera anywhere in the space. Built in collaboration with Linking Realities, who later let users customize their avatar bodies.
Outcome
Originally created as a class project at IED Barcelona, “I AM YOU” earned a Special Mention from the Management and Teaching Staff of IED Barcelona Master School for the Master in Interaction Design. It was shown at Sónar+D CCCB 2021, exhibited at VNG Innova, Vilanova i la Geltrú Ciutat Creativa in 2021, and later featured at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2022.
