Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Meditative movement involves regulating attention to the body whilst moving, to create a state of meditation. This can be difficult for beginners, we propose that drones can facilitate this as they can move with and give feedback to movements. We designed a two-handed control map for the drone that engages multiple parts of the body, a light foam casing to give the impression that the drone is floating and an onboard light which gives feedback to the speed of the movement. The user experiences both leading and following the drone to explore the interplay between mapping, form, feedback and instruction, relating to an expansion of the attention regulation framework, which is used to inform the design of interactive meditative experiences and human-drone interactions.
exertiongameslab.org
Meditative movement involves regulating attention to the body whilst moving, to create a state of meditation. This can be difficult for beginners, we propose that drones can facilitate this as they can move with and give feedback to movements. We designed a two-handed control map for the drone that engages multiple parts of the body, a light foam casing to give the impression that the drone is floating and an onboard light which gives feedback to the speed of the movement. The user experiences both leading and following the drone to explore the interplay between mapping, form, feedback and instruction, relating to an expansion of the attention regulation framework, which is used to inform the design of interactive meditative experiences and human-drone interactions.
exertiongameslab.org
