Art installation

The Patent Machine

Three words. One imaginary invention.

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A playful exploration of AI creativity and imaginary inventions, presented as an infomercial parody.

An interactive AI installation built within the innovation team at Hypersolid / Triple. It explores creativity and originality through imaginary inventions, from patent-style drawings and printed souvenirs to experiments in augmented and mixed reality.

An invention to take home

The concept pairs the digital installation with a physical souvenir: an invention card carrying the generated drawing and description. The patent-style presentation gives a fictional idea the form of a documented invention.

Concept overview: QR joining, three-word input, a generated drawing and a printed invention card.

Inspecting the imaginary

A separate mixed-reality prototype takes the inventions beyond the page. Generated 3D objects appear beside their drawings, turning the collection into a room of imaginary exhibits.

Transparent photographic illustration labelled DRAWING TO 3D. The red-shirted headset wearer raises a hand beside the real mixed-reality Flyfruit exhibit, where a colourful imaginary 3D object appears alongside its drawing. Labels read Pick it up. and Mixed-reality prototype.

Pick up the idea

Hand interaction lets the headset wearer pick up a generated object and inspect it beside its drawing. This prototype explores the invention's shape and presence in mixed reality.

Bring the drawing into the room

A phone AR experiment places the patent-style drawing in the surrounding space. It offers another way to view the imaginary invention through the phone, alongside the headset prototypes.