Bringing new levels of interaction to the whiteboard by recognizing symbols and languages

Because they are so spatially and temporally circumscribed, elevators have engendered an commonly understood but poorly articulated set of rules for maintaining personal space. An AI system learns these heuristics by observation, and presents elevator riders with a model of their own behavior as a formal diagram of the type used to illustrate ballroom dances.

I chose the stairs as the focus for an installation to encourage vertical travel in E14. I propose a simple piece that invokes something of the tradition of reactive spatial installation and that will engage people in ascending through the atria on foot.