A new social experiment has been launched by a Hong Kong-based artist criticizing the false sense of human contact you receive on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. “Touchy” is so much more than just an odd helmet. It is a camera that only allows the wearer to see when the shutters open after a moment of continuous human contact.
Touchy (a.k.a. the person wearing the helmet-camera) “gets a lot happier when he encounters another person willing to lend him a hand (literally).” The “human camera” is only activated when human touch is maintained for 10 seconds. At this point, a snapshot is taken of the scene in front of the wearer and then displayed on the screen of the digital camera for the person to view.
What is your reaction to the Touchy experiment?