2025

an umbrella for u

an umbrella for u

project type

Interactive Installation / Spatial Interaction

role

Interaction Designer · Creative Technologist

teammates

Andy Chen, Nara Huang, Max Wang

instructors

Joshua Higgason

for

MIT Music & Theater Arts Course Project

project overview

An Umbrella For U is an interactive installation that turns the human body into a trigger for care. As passersby move in front of the system, their gestures activate a virtual umbrella that shelters others from falling rain, creating a moment of shared protection between strangers. The project explores how simple bodily presence can translate into empathy, transforming surveillance technology into an interface for connection rather than control.

An Umbrella For U is an interactive installation that turns the human body into a trigger for care. As passersby move in front of the system, their gestures activate a virtual umbrella that shelters others from falling rain, creating a moment of shared protection between strangers. The project explores how simple bodily presence can translate into empathy, transforming surveillance technology into an interface for connection rather than control.

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