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| The Introspection Machine is an interactive environment for visual feedback. The machine consists of multiple modules, each of which has a screen display and a flexible, manipulable "eyestalk." Each module transforms the video image from its eyestalks into a supple and organic dynamic display. By redirecting these eyestalks, users can explore an unbounded space of continuous light, complex forms, and surprising relationships. |  |
 
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The machine's reconfigurable
eyestalks comprise the principal interface by which participants interact
with the installation. These playful stalks, which pipe light from computer
to computer, make it possible for the video output from one reactive display
to be used as the input for another. An Introspection Machine module may
also be piped back to itself, creating a tight loop of visual recursion.
As visual material from each display is reinterpreted by the others, light
patterns shift and mutate based on the connections, configuration, and
movement of the stalks. As a complex feedback system, the Introspection
Machine has analogies to a wholly visual network, whose cybernetic intelligence
is derived from the principle of visual feedback. |
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The Introspection Machine is copyright 1999-2000, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. IM was developed by the Aesthetics + Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory.
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