Pictorials III Pictorial
CC Thinking, 2017: Lifelong Meaning, Creativity, Learning, and Innovation, Singapore Vision & Form, April 18, 2017
Dreamscope Sanchit Soni Leslie Huang Pavithra Ramamurthy Ryan Griggs School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University 901 S. 10th St. Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA Abstract The design fiction explores a world of alternate reality to help people reflect on their true self. The basis of our design explores human choices. Given an opportunity with no physical consequences, what would you choose to be? What impact would that have on your psychology? Would you dare dig deeper and find your true self? We imagine an alternate reality that helps people discern situations and reflect on their inner most feelings. An opportunity given to introduce the people to their alter egos, and a platform that they can use to help come to terms with their true self.
Statement All photos were taken by the authors unless otherwise specified. Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for promotion or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Introduction The human mind is a vast ocean of unknown depths. The vastness and the depth are undefined even by one’s own self. What we know of each other is very less and even lesser is what we know of ourselves. For centuries, both science and religion has tried to reach within the complexities of human mind in a quest to understanding the truth of human existence. From the moment we come into the world, our mind starts learning from our surroundings, like a fresh paper soaking in new ink, an essential quality for the art of survival. Due to the differences in our experiences, our minds evolve differently too, thus defin-