Life in 2035 in a speculative approach towards the future. With many plausibilities, this project speaks about how medicine has advanced with the use of prosthetics and what reading stories in Augmented Reality will be like. This is a satirical take on how far we could go, an era where body parts are sold in a Vending Machine.
This was a project to come up with interactions of the future, 2035. The intent was to think bizarre but logically. It was a critical experience to think about the future as there are so many possibilities. It was very important to connect all touchpoints of today with tomorrow's effects.
The idea of technology and medicine caught my attention. With the concept of changing the way we see ourselves today, whether through filters or surgeries, I wanted to explore the scope in 2035.Today there are natural and custom made prosthetics that look exactly like the real one, tailored to our specific color, shape, veins, wrinkles and even real looking hair. The wires in their fingers allow them to hold objects. These full-length prosthetics are actually lesser versions of Sophia: the robot. What if such prosthetics were so readily available that we could buy them from a vending machine?
This project explores how everything is going digital and how our augmented realities are everyday things. Looking at a still poster and letting it come alive by the possibility of Augmented Reality is something that has been thought upon.
In this current time ‘2019’, when we think we can buy everything, what are the possibilities 15 years down the lane. Today we use phrases to buy people’s time, we phrase money can't buy happiness. But what if it can?
What if we can buy time, extending our life. The way we are progressing right now, it is quite possible to see these things coming. We can get everything to our doorstep, from newspapers to milk cartons; from Amazon packages to laundry services.
If we do not like the way we appear, we can get cosmetic surgery done. Nose, lips, face, breasts, etc. If one gets handicapped, we have medical advances to give him a prosthetic hand. Today, that same prosthetic hand can perform a given task. It is wonderful to see technology helping us live a better life.
When these same things would go out of hand in 2035, it would really be a difficult time. In my 2035, body parts like limbs, noses, ears would be easily available for an individual to purchase. In this life, we wouldn’t need to worry about falling down, perhaps getting a much better functional hand which does not get tired easily.
In Life of 2035, let us be carefree about our body.
Are we currently losing what we naturally possess? Has the world made us believe in the impossible of the human body appearance? Has technology made humans less humans?
Let us imagine if money could buy everything.
What if we can buy time, extending your life
What if we can buy body parts from a vending machine?
We experience the real time exhibit of the augmented stories and the reaction of viewers id body parts were sold in a Vending Machine.
*The above video contains Puns in Hindi Language
The mother gives her son a brand new bat as he broke his previous one. She says be careful with it. The son, trying to take care of his bat, loses his arm. To which his mother gets surprised that the bat is fine & gets him a new arm.
The mother gives her son a brand new bat as he broke his previous one. She says be careful with it. The son, trying to take care of his bat, loses his arm. To which his mother gets surprised that the bat is fine & gets him a new arm.
A guy chopping his own leg says that he did not like his new pair of legs and would want to get a new one.
Future is scary and that’s what makes it exciting. This was a great exercise to prepare for it and to realize the power of acceptance whether we like it or not. We studied Interactions which were beyond screens. I think of this as the inception of two concepts, Augmented Reality & Prosthetics being sold in a vending machine. As a designer, I would love to be in a future where we are interacting with augmented realities in immersive spaces. Use of prosthetics gives confidence to individuals without limbs, easy access to these are the hopes of the future.