Ian de Silva

Unfocus

As there are many mobile apps designed to pull your attention, these interactions have become a kind of normalized addictiveness, such as doom scrolling.

I am working on the topic of attention and a meditation app using augmented reality because I want to understand how this technology can be useful from beyond the screen and into a physical space.

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Instructions to place the phone stand.

Unfocus - Placing the stand

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Instructions to adjust angle and height.

Unfocus - Adjusting angle and height

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Loop shapes to direct one's gaze on phone screen.

Unfocus - Setting gaze