Many Worlds: The movie that watches its audience

[Jazzy]

Have you ever sat watching a film through the gaps between your fingers? Ever leapt out of your seat at an unexpected hair-tingling dramatic moment in a blockbuster, or been so lulled by the slowness and general inactivity of the characters on the screen that you momentarily fell asleep and missed a key moment in the film?



Well rest assured you need never be concerned too much by any of the above thanks to the innovative use of sensors employed by the composer, and now film-maker, Alexis Kirke.



The Plymouth-based creative has made Many Worlds, a film that watches audience members as they watch it, allowing them to influence the sequence of scenes as the film unfolds.



The film was developed at the interdisciplinary centre for computer music research at Plymouth University in the UK. Through it, Mr Kirke is rethinking the way we watch movies by building on his previous research into the use of bio-signals to detect people's emotions and their state of minds.



But the technology involved is not being demonstrated in a scientific lab or specialist conference but rather it will be shown to the public at a festival later in the month.

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What do you think?

 

[Geoffrey]

So the movie is going to be different each time you see it? And what I see depends on if the people around me are awake, paying attention, etc.? Interesting concept, but I'm not really sure it will become something common.

 

[Evil Eye]

Sounds more like a video game actually.

Interesting concept, but I'm not really sure it will become something common.

Indeed, it seems like rather a lot of work.