Ultrasonic sensors, Max/MSP Jitter, Video projector, Turntable system etc

Projector Loquens is an interactive robotic projection system representing a situation in which a new species, Projector loquens, attempts to communicate with a different species, Homo sapiens. Projector is regarded as a new genus coequal with hominid and the specific epithet, loquens, indicates its communicative character and anxiety for communication. Projector Loquens consists of a projector turntable system, a human detection system, a projection system and movies. Projector Loquens speaks in the form of movies in response to the participant's position and speed. The participant's body shape, cloth colors and distance from Projector loquens alter moving images projected on their body. Participants experience the Projector Loquence's method of communication and ruminate human communication requiring efforts to understand differences. Furthermore, it is expected to evoke image-communication, which has been less emphasized since Gutenberg Galaxy, in the participant's mind. This work has been presented at the ACM Multimedia 2006.