VISION
Smart Contact Lenses
Vision is a critique of present and potential future societies in which personal HUDs (head up displays) can or have become the norm. I have employed principles and methods of speculative design, design fiction, and storytelling to create two short, critical films, each highlighting a possibly vulnerable aspect of our relationship with HUDs and augmented reality. Human Touch confronts society’s co-dependency with the digital world and social media validation, while also highlighting AR as a likely culprit for further deterioration in our lack of real human contact and interactions. Ad-Blast envisions technology companies, and their designers, exploiting our digital needs and rights to privacy in order to maximise profits, without considering the potentially catastrophic wider impact of their selfish decision-making. The aim of the project is to drive meaningful discussions among companies and designers who may develop similar products, to question their priorities when decision-making, and to consider the rippling consequences which may occur as a result of their actions/inactions.