hexi

source: contemporist

HEXI designed by Thibaut Sld., is a responsive wall made from 60 moving modules that allow the shapes to fluctate and mirror a persons movements when they walk past.
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source: eyespired

Deze interactieve installatie, HEXI, bestaat uit 60 bewegende modules en reageert op jouw beweging. De Franse maker, van origine grafisch ontwerper, raakte gaandeweg steeds meer geïnteresseerd in dergelijke responsieve omgevingen.
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source: mocoloco

Real-time reaction: Hexi Responsive Wall by Thibaut Sld animates a group of 60 PVC and aluminum modules, providing real-time feedback based on motion-tracking of passers-by. Details: Movement is tracked by depth-sensing cameras and analyzed, and discrete instructions are sent to each of the motor-controlled modules. Additional modules may be added for a larger effect. Designer: Thibaut Sld is designer in Quebec, with a graphic design/fine arts background, and a focus on responsive environments, “where geometry, light, mechanisms and interaction collide.”
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source: designboom

canada-based thibaut sld has designed the ‘hexi’ responsive wall, a series of 60, mounted panels, which react to the movements of nearby people. the graphic designer’s self-initiated project comes as a collision of interaction, geometry and art, as the complex mechanical installation induces an aesthetically engaging result. the hexagonal panels situated on the surface of the interior space use real-time data collected from motion-tracking technology to decode and interpret the gestures and actions of a person within close range. using this feedback, the kinetic wall behaves in sync with the proximate participant; walking passed, jumping near or waving a hand in the direction of the ‘hexi’ wall induces a undulating swell and surge of independent motion. like a vision out of a science fiction film, mesmerizing waves of kinetic flow materialize in a rippling unison, countering the gesture performed by man in close proximity to the installation.