an interactive web installation experience
Tubeman is happy! is an interactive web application. The users can use it to create, download and share gifs of themselves moving like a tubeman. By encouraging the users to imitate the tubeman and enabling them to create and share gifs of themselves moving, Tubeman is happy! is trying to create simple and sharable happiness.
Tubeman always moves in a weird yet entertaining way. However, it shares some strong and magical happiness through its movements.
Happiness can be subtle and simple. I have noticed there are many simple things in life that easily makes people happy. Like a smile from a stranger on the street, a weird shape cloud in the sky, as well as the funny movement of a tubeman.
Technologies have made it simple for us to share moments in our lives with others much easier. Living in a social media era, it is natural for us to capture moments in our lives and share them. By sharing a photo of us in a certain time and space, we also share our emotions and connections to that physical space to people in another place.
Therefore I want to create an experience in which people can share a form of simple happiness easily to their families and friends through technologies. This idea leads me to create “Tubeman is happy!”.
By encouraging the users to imitate the tubeman and enabling them to create and share gifs of themselves moving, “Tubeman is happy!”is trying to make people happy while allowing them to share that happiness to others.
When entering the web application, the users will see an image of the tubeman. They will also see themselves in a camera feed.
Following the instruction, they will then imitate the movements of tubeman (as shown in the picture), pose and take 18 pictures.
Users can add a word to describe their moods at the moment.
At the end of this experience, a gif will be generated.
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The users can access to the gif by entering emails of themselves and then be able to share that “stupidity” and happiness with others.
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