The Curious Tree — Interactive Touchscreens

During the Olympics, visitors to the BC Canada Pavilion at the Vancouver Art Gallery are invited to interact with the Curious Tree, a multi-touch cube featuring four scenes of a tree in a west coast forest in spring, summer, fall, and winter. Displayed on five-foot-wide panels, each scene is identical except for season-specific colour palettes and interactive experiences. To attract visitors and encourage them to explore further, each scene has a subtle, continual movement. By touching the panels, visitors can transform the forest, making flowers grow, icicles form, leaves fall, kites fly, and much more. One hundred percent of the panel areas are interactive, allowing for multiple users and a whole array of visual effects that fill the screen. Complemented by whimsical sounds created by an award-winning composer, the user-generated experience playfully recreates the sights and sounds of a BC forest.

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Role
Concept, Brainstorming

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Studio: Switch Interactive
Creative Direction: Catherine Winckler
Art Direction/Illustrations: Myron Campbell
Producer: Jaybe Allanson
Development: Gauthier Pompougnac
Technical: Tangible Interaction