Wearable technology isn't just about health & fitness, which is all the rage right now. German artist lorenz potthast offers an experimental approach to vision that challenges our visual perception. His Decelerator Helmet creates an evocative experience that filters the environment and shows the user a slow motion perception of the world. "The technical reproducible senses are consigned to an apparatus which allows the user to perceive the world in slow motion. The stream of time as an apparently invariant constant is broken and subjected under the users control.
Processed by a small computer, the helmet uses a video-signal of a camera to slow down the stream seen via a head-mounted display and simultaneously shown at a monitor on the outside. The idea to decouple the personal perception from the natural timing enables the user to get aware about his own relationship to time. Working as a 'reflection-bubble, the helmet bridges relations between sensory perception, while disrupting the environment.
The technique of the decelerator extends the awareness of time and transforms the concept of present in a constructed, artificial state. On a different level, it dramatically visualizes how slowing down under all circumstances causes a loss of actuality and as idea is inconsistent with our surroundings." Continue reading on designboom.
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