Wearables · 2025
Somatic Bloom
Headpieces that project your emotions onto someone else
Archive · 2025. Project notes reflect the work at the time of documentation.
- Year
- 2025
- Track
- Wearables
- Built by
- Olivia Zheng
- Status
- Shipped / shown
Cover: a frame from the talk recording, Human Augmentation Summit 2025, cropped and color-corrected.
Overview
A pair of kinetic, chromatic headpieces that morph in response to biosignals. EMG muscle sensors read one wearer's emotions and project them onto the headpiece worn by the person they're talking to — and when both people express the same positive emotion, a special effect triggers.
Field notes
