Ars Electronica Festival · 1997
Shooting Back
by Steve Mann
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1997
“Shooting Back” by Steve Mann received a Honorary Mention in the Net Based Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1997.
With Personal Imaging I have attempted to define a new form of interaction between humans and technology. I have equipped a pair of ordinary sunglasses with miniature spatial light modulators, CCD sensor arrays, and appropriate optics, so that when I put them on, I see a computer screen.
About Steve Mann
Steve Mann (USA) is a doctoral student at the MIT Media Laboratory where he co-founded the MIT wearable computing project. He currently holds degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering.
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