vincent jacquier: cashback

‘cashback’ interface image © designboom

‘cashback’ by vincent jacquier in an interactive installation that shows how one can alter the perception of an object by allowing it to express a virtual content directly linked to its physical aspect. here users are asked to take out a banknote from their wallets and re-evaluate its innocence. once placed on the cashback glass, the note seeks to reveal its true twisted nature as a stripper appears and begins her provocative dance moves. the higher the note’s value, the more ‘content’ you get. different sides of the bank note also dictate what kind of stripper you get (female or male).

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‘cashback’ was part of a group exhibition ‘give me more’ taking place atDMY international design festival berlin 2010. the show explored the prospects of augmented reality. at the initiative of the EPFL+ECAL Lab, the participating interaction designers have turned this technology into a new medium. the presented projects draw on research by the computer vision laboratory of the ecole polytechnique fédérale de lausanne (EPFL) anddevelopments by space3D, a new player in AR software.

demonstration of ‘cashback’

other side of 10 euro note reveals a different stripper image © designboom

starting screen image © designboom