Sometimes a textual description is enough to get me excited, before even seeing the picture:
Virtual butterflies that flutter about in space and react to the presence of visitors—if you touch them or try to catch them, they fly away; but if you hold your hand steady, they return and, with a little luck, alight on your outstretched hand.
The possibilities for such technology (flowers, frogs, ballerinas, frightened children) is staggering, or at least lilting. This is the sort of interactivity and brilliance that makes me want to throw money I don’t have at people I don’t know.
Next Idea Competition Winner [ARS Electronica via Near Near Future]
