Living picture frame
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The concept for the Living Photo Frame is that photos sent to a picture frame, taken at different times, will morph into each other, over a predetermined time span.
The Living Photo Frame allows the receiver to see the subject change daily, a notion of them almost living with them in the frame, showing changes in appearance gradually rather than dramatically, which existing photographic means provide.

 

The Living Photo Frame is displayed in the receivers environment in the same context any picture frame is displayed. The sender takes the picture, applying the morphing details and sending it remotely to the frame.
Instead of trying to replace the function of an ordinary photo, Living photo frame addresses the act of giving, the communication between two people, and expands that into a long transition.

 
 

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The Living Photo Frame is displayed in the receivers environment in the same context any picture frame is displayed.  

 

 

 

 
 

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To gain an understanding on how people would react to the Living Photo Frame, an onscreen prototype was designed and sent to relatives. The prototype involved a morphing sequence, designed to sit on the desktop screen of a PC, where the photograph changed over the course of a few days.

 

 
 

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These three scenarios display different possibilities how the picture frame might end up being used. Cick on the image to begin the stories, or advance through them chronologically by beginning with the first.