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Fig. 14.3
The third iteration
of the design: the emotional
multi-compass
of emotions in a certain place, rather than its name or street number. It is definitely
the perception of an energy field, of a radiation. As an example, while following the
peak level of a certain emotion, we were faced with a wall, or a building or block that
was standing in our way. In this kind of situation, the system did not provide any clue
about the fact that the peak itself was to be found inside the obstacle (for example in
the building) or beyond it. As we tried to go around the building we would be able
to gain better understanding: if the peak reversed its direction once we were around
it, it would clearly mean that the peak emotion was inside the building; if it kept
on pointing in the same direction, it meant that the peak intensity was beyond the
obstacle.
A similar effect could be achieved by acting on the slider which regulates the
sensibility in terms of distance. Once faced with an obstacle it was possible to act
on the slider to lower the senseable distance. By doing this it was sufficiently clear
that if the peak disappeared at when the slider was lowered to the point of being
nearer that the obstacle's perpendicular thickness, it would mean that the emotional
peak was to be found within it.
Identifying emotional peaks in closed spaces proved to be quite a challenge:
the lack of GPS coverage in closed spaces allows to easily identify the buildings
in which a certain emotional peak can be found, but not to continue to search
within them.
