Contrasts was a week-long project created for a university course: “Magic Windows and Mixed-Up Realities” at NYU. Inspired by the common dream of every New York City subway user to teleport elsewhere, I designed a two-portal experience.
For the first AR portal, the user is surrounded by the New York subway in a cold winter month, when suddenly they are transported to a beach in Hawaii. Building on this, the second AR portal takes you again from that same New York subway with its stress and chaos, and transports you to another world, where everything is peaceful and serene; somewhere where you could take a moment, take a step back and breathe.
Personally, I believe the psychological benefits of such scenery would significantly improve the mornings of a New York subway user.
