Water buckets and rocking chair become spiffy interactive art projects (video)

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Cameras and wands may be the game controllers du jour, but it seems
there's still room in the world for virtual reality experiences a bit
more concrete -- like these buckets, filled with water, that let their
user physically paddle through a digital dreamscape. "Channels" uses a
pair of flex sensors attached to plastic spoons to monitor the flow in
each bucket as a projector throws the minimalist 3D environment up on
a nearby wall. Meanwhile, "Cadence Chair" uses an antique rocking
chair outfitted with an accelerometer to align ribbons of light, and
if you do it in the right rhythm it plays a hidden video. Both are
student projects from New York University's Interactive
Telecommunications Project, and as you'll see in videos after the
break, both look pretty darn cool. We're having this sudden urge to go
back to school.