THE EYE
- YEAR
- 2026
- STATUS
- ACTIVE
- DISCIPLINE
- MOTION-TRACKING INSTALLATION
- ENGINE
- WEBGL / GLSL / ML5
01 / CONCEPT
THE SYSTEMWATCHESBACK.
THE OBJECTSTAYS STILL.
A giant generative eye that stays fixed in space while its iris follows the human observer. The system reverses the usual interaction: the interface appears to be watching back.
The Eye is built around a deliberate contradiction: the eyeball itself remains completely fixed, but the iris continuously reorients toward the tracked visitor. A MoveNet BodyPose pipeline supplies the head target, while the eye material is generated live in code, with no texture images used. The shader includes an iris with radial filament structure, a responsive pupil and a sclera with vein-like detail. Coordinate-based color keeps the iris alive without turning the object into a conventional blue or brown eye.
- CAMERA REQUIRED
- AUDIO OPTIONAL