From student
Project Challenge
To create an intimate setting for users regardless of them being alone or accompanied.
Relevant Research
Psychologically, humans respond favorably to spaces that offer them protection and stimuli. More specifically, situations that protect a user from the posterior disarm the natural human fear of possible threats coming from behind.
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Dr. Dudley Weems
Opportunities
- test the validity of our "back protection" hypothesis.
- interact with potential users
- get feedback from said users and start a dialogue about the work of Atom 11.
Intervention
Solitary users will be enveloped by a simple fabric or plastic device that will partially surround them.
We will approach from behind very slowly so not to startle the user, then noiselessly place the experiment around them.
Intimate users, such as a couple or two friends sitting close, will be encouraged to sit closer to each other.
Two connected device modules will wrap 75% around the pair.
Much like for the intimate users, the device will separate strangers sitting near each other.
