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Eyes: Iris Sonification and Interactive Biometric Art
CHI EA '19: Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Yoon Chung Han, San Jose State University
  • Praful Surve, California State University, Fullerton
Publication Date
5-1-2019
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
DOI
10.1145/3290607.3313288
Abstract

“Eyes” is an interactive biometric data art that transforms human's Iris data into musical sound and 3D animated image. The idea is to allow the audience to explore their own identities through unique visual and sound generated by their iris patterns based on iris recognition and image processing techniques. Selected iris images are printed in 3D sculptures, and it replays the sound and animated images on the sculptures. This research-based artwork has an experimental system generating distinct sounds for each different iris data using visual features such as colors, patterns, brightness and size of the iris. It has potentials to lead the new way of interpreting complicated dataset with the audiovisual output. Moreover, aesthetically beautiful, mesmerizing and uncanny valley-effected artwork can create personalized art experience and multimodal interaction. Multisensory interpretations of this data art can lead a new opportunity to reveal users’ narratives and create their own “sonic signature.”

Keywords
  • Iris,
  • iris sonification,
  • sound synthesis,
  • biometric data,
  • digital art,
  • interactive art,
  • interactive biometric data art
Citation Information
Yoon Chung Han and Praful Surve. "Eyes: Iris Sonification and Interactive Biometric Art" CHI EA '19: Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/yoon-chung-han/26/