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Katharina Schneider is creating, experimenting, and researching at the intersection of design and technology.


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Pathfinder –
Intimacy over Distance (2021)

// Arduino, drawing tablet, p5.js, Webserial, Websocket.io

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Pathfinder is one out of four artifacts created as part of the the Teleflirt project, which explored alternative methods of interpersonal communication at a distance.

The artifact enable two people to communicate through a shared pixel-based drawing and search game. First, Person A creates a drawing for Person B by coloring pixels on their device. Then, Person B searches for the drawing on their own device by moving a pen across the pixel grid. When the pen hovers over a colored pixel, it vibrates. Person B can then color in that pixel, gradually revealing the drawing, one step at a time.

the pathfinder artifact


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