Paraboloid of Revolution
In talking with Jess around the screen Tuesday night, we heard our voices intensified. They were being reflected off the screen (or Paraboloid of Revolution) to its focal point, just like a satellite dish or parabolic mirror.
This dovetails nicely with the themes of communion (named my thesis, finally: Communio. Latin root for communion) and an intimate, coincident experience between participants. Perhaps my subconscious was thinking about it all along...
Should be a fun effect to play with when it's done. Reminded us of the science center installations where a pair of large dishes are positioned opposite one another, but several feet apart, where you can position your head at the focus and whisper to the other person's head in the opposite focus. I created the diagram above to illustrate the concept. Works either way, rays emitting from a point at the focus are reflect out as parallel rays, and vice versa.
02:16 AM February 08, 2006 Comments 1
kellee
very interesting! your participants will feel encouraged to talk at a murmur to one another; this will definitely reinforce a feeling of intimacy or "pillow talk" with the other players. cool!
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