geekrun.ch/
Geek Run is an interactive installation that aims to break the wall between the physical and virtual worlds by using wooden cubes as a tangible interface for a collaborative game, in combination with a Kinect controller.
The cubes do not feature any electronic technology, yet they become the interface between the player and the virtual world. By moving them on the floor in front of the Kinect, players control different functional elements on the screen. The lead character, the so-called geek, follows a series of forking paths. By placing the cubes in the correct position, the geek avoids obstacles and/or opens up a new path in the game. As in a choose-your-own-adventure book, the user’s choices open up new possibilities for gameplay. The story and the followed paths are different every time the installation is presented anew.
The new version of the game was designed and developed during a two weeks residency, organized in partnership by V2_Lab and the Master in Media Design at Geneva University of Art and Design and presented at the International Symposium on Augmented Reality in Basel.
Game developers
Maria Maria Beltran
Emilie Tappolet
Raphaël Munoz
Kinect software development
Douglas Edric Stanley
Stéphane Cousot
Production
University of art and design
