Inductive Water Column: What Happens When Someone Approaches

Interactive Water Jets: What happens when someone approaches
The water jets do not spray continuously, but are activated by sensors detecting a person's position—they light up as you walk past, surround you when you stop, and chase you when you run. Therefore, everyone experiences a different version, and can't help but repeatedly try to see if "it will respond to me." The core of the design lies in the delay of reaction, the height of the water jets, and the sequence of activation; too fast, there's no anticipation; too slow, it's perceived as a malfunction. When paired with underwater lights at night, the light also follows the person. Children chase the water jets, deliberately stopping and then rushing out. Shot with a long exposure at night, the trails of the water jets and the dynamics of people are simultaneously visible.
Avoid: Fixed water jets, no delay variation in reaction, adding instruction signs, light and water out of sync.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

水柱不是持續噴著,而是靠感測器判斷人的位置後才啟動——走過去它跟著亮起、停下來它包圍你、跑起來它追著你。因此每個人玩到的版本都不同,而且會忍不住反覆嘗試「它會不會回應我」。反應的延遲、水柱的高低與啟動的順序是設計的核心,太快沒有期待感、太慢會被當成故障。夜間搭配水下燈時,光也跟著人走。孩子追著水柱跑、故意停下來又衝出去。夜景長曝拍攝,水柱的軌跡與人的動態同時可見。避免:水柱固定不變、反應無延遲差異、加設操作說明牌、光與水不同步。