Jayne Vidheecharoen, a media student at the Art Center College of Design in California, has created this unique interactive television, called Portals, that will help you access an alternate reality. Portals consists of a television box that acts as a gateway between you and a fantasy world, such as the "virtual real-world" of Google Street View.
As the designer describes, Portals actually comprises two boxes, each with a screen on the front and a spot at the side through which you can put your hand. When you reach in, your hand will be transported to a place like Google Street View (displayed via a green screen), where you can interact with elements of the alternate universe. For example, you can pick up a tiny person or move around the streets by sliding your fingers. Further, since the boxes are connected to the Internet, you -- well, your hand -- can share the parallel world with others who are also using Portals.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Interactive Virtual Televisions
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop immersive virtual reality experiences for television viewers.
- Alternate Reality Interaction
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create interactive platforms that merge real-world environments with virtual experiences.
- Collaborative Virtual Experiences
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build social virtual reality platforms that allow users to interact with each other in shared alternate realities.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Entertainment
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Transform the television industry by offering interactive and immersive viewing experiences.
- Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new technologies to enhance virtual reality interactions and create seamless experiences.
- Social Media
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Merge social media platforms with virtual reality to enable collaborative and shared experiences in alternate realities.
