Crystal Emotions aims to explore the diversity of human emotional expression through a combination of technology and art. By analyzing users' tear crystals, it not only provides a new way to identify emotions, but also shows the rich connotation of emotions in a unique and artistic way. This project is not only a demonstration of technology, but also a deep reflection on emotion and art, aiming to guide people to understand and express their emotions more deeply.
Project Overview
Project Name: Crystal Emotions
Type: Speculative Design / Emotional Interaction / AI + Art Installation
Platform: Physical Installation + Projection + Multimodal AI System
Project Positioning: An interdisciplinary interactive installation that transforms tear crystals into emotional portraits, combining sensor technology, machine learning, generative art, and poetic expression to help people understand, release, and visualize emotions that are often socially repressed
Background Research
Confronting Problem
The social environment seems to tell us that crying is seen as a sign of vulnerability and incompetence, which makes people reluctant to cry and may even lose the ability to cry. People no longer easily reveal their true feelings, but choose to hide their inner pain and try to be an emotionally stable person.
The number of people using social media has increased dramatically in recent years
Interview
Reasons for not wanting to cry in public
Social Development Research
Time Variation
The importance of tears
Experiment
Design
Different emotion inducing environments
Result
Conclusion: Conducive atmosphere for crying
1. Privacy and confidentiality: It is important to ensure that their privacy and confidentiality are adequately protected without fear of being judged or criticised by others.
2. Music and sound: The right music or sound can mobilize emotions
3. Emotional resonance: Authentic and moving stories, short films or text content can inspire participants to empathize and feel their emotions are shared by others.
Tear Analysis
Collect tear samples
Collect crystal maps of tears for different emotions
Machine Learning Process
Final Concept
Three Views
In our busy lives, we often find it difficult to release our inner emotions because of social pressure and emotional distress. There are a group of people who are not used to crying, who bury their feelings deeply, but want to understand their own heart. To help these people, I designed Reflections of Tears, a project that opens a new window on emotional expression through a combination of technology and art.
Feature
Key Feature
Detail product parts
Detail Product Parts
Previous preparation
Test Procedure
Persona
Age: 22 years old
Occupation: Student
Living situation: A lot of pressure, can not find a way to properly express emotions
Projected content
Crystal Tear Diary
Pre-production
"Crystal Tear Diary" In today's society, for various reasons, people often find it difficult to express their feelings, and sometimes even lack awareness of their feelings. "Crystal Emotions" aims to liberate these emotions by presenting the beauty of tear crystals to users, allowing them to feel and understand their emotions more authentically. Is a unique and deeply personal pop-up book project. Through the fusion of poetry, slideshows and crystal images of tears, an emotional visual feast is created. This pop-up book is not only a beautiful exhibition, but also a carrier for users to experience depth and express emotions.
Pre-production
About projection
The projection in "Crystal Emotions" is the visual core of the project, which presents a visual feast for users by projecting the form of tear crystals and the generated art works into a suitable display area.
[Crystal Emotions]: Users can clearly see the shape and texture of their tear crystals, helping to understand the expression of their own emotions.
[Generative poetry]: Poems and images generated by machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms will be presented artistically on the projection.
Tears type corresponding to poetry
About “Crystal Tear Diary”
“Crystal Tear Diary” display
In today's society, for a variety of reasons, people often have difficulty expressing their feelings and sometimes even lack awareness of their feelings." "Crystal Emotions" aims to liberate these emotions by presenting the beauty of tear crystals to users, allowing them to feel and understand their emotions more authentically. This pop-up book is not only an expression of emotion, but also an eternal preservation of every moment.
Final Outcome
Crystal Tear Diary
You can immerse yourself in the visual spectacle of personal emotion. Each page is a display of a poem corresponding to a tear crystal, each slide and a tear crystal is a witness to a special moment in life, and through this pop-up book, a whole new way of expressing emotions will be found. Welcome to collect unique tears moments, so that every tear drop becomes an eternal art.
Crystal Tear Diary
Purpose
People often have difficulty expressing their feelings and sometimes even lack awareness of their feelings. Crystal Tear Diary aims to help those who are not used to expressing their inner feelings find a warmer, more beautiful way. Through this book, you will find that crying is not only an emotional catharsis, but also a visual beauty journey.
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