2004  TU Delft  Competition  Concept  project   

Yuri allows you to create short photo-sequences with sound/voice. Afterwards you leave these “souvenirs” behind, for your friend to find. While dropping it in the air you can set the radius of the “souvenir-area”. For instance leaving it in your favourite bar by the table where you and your friend always drink your Friday night beer. Knowing you left some kind of gift behind for your friend, evokes a feeling of excitement and joy.
When your friend passes trough that area, his Yuri sends out a heartbeat by sound and pulse. Your friend will be pleasantly surprised when he sees and hears your message. After watching it in its Yuri, he saves it.
Both sender and receiver have limited control over the time it takes for the message to arrive. Therefore this communication becomes timeless. This reflects in the content of the messages: the communication shifts from practical and fast to personal and valuable. “Souvenirs of a timeless communication” are unpredictable gifts that elicit joy to both sender and receiver.

Yuri was developed for the Microsoft Research Design Expo contest. Team Tape was: Eliza, Femke, Marjolein, Tuur
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