... the fundamental cause of good or bad is not within the object outside ourselves, but within our own minds.
—Masahiro Mori "The Buddha in the Robot"
I am Kaho Abe, currently an honorary fellow at Eyebeam, the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States. I am a New York based designer interested in improving social and personal experiences through the use of technology, fashion and games.
At Eyebeam, I am researching Games and Technology. These days people often play games alone on computers or consoles. The games I make utilize technology to bring people out of isolation and encourage face-to-face interaction. They are usually spectator-friendly, event style games. Some require the use of physical interaction. "Mary Mack 5000" and "Ninja Shadow Warrior" are games I have been working on at Eyebeam that fall under this category. "Hit Me!" and "Haptic Music Gloves" are similar past projects.
Simply put, I love making things: whether it's sewing a whole wedding dress or coding stuff. I like using both sides of my brain. I studied Economics in undergrad, but my career has been mostly in Fashion Design working for small designers and large corporations. I went to Parsons for MFA in Design and Technology from 2003-05 where I learned Physical Computing and Game Design. I have discovered that building and designing games is an ideal melding of my love of intellectual problem solving and analysis with my passion to create.
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I am teaching a workshop at Eyebeam about Physical Game Controls. Here is the blog I am keeping at Eyebeam.Here is the blog I am keeping at Eyebeam.Here is my portfolio I made before Eyebeam.
私は阿部香穂(あべかほ)と申します。現在ニューヨーク市にあります NPO Eyebeam（アイビーム）にてフェローをしております。Eyebeam はアメ リカ有数の Art and Technology の研究所として数々の活動をしています。
私 は Games and Technology をテーマとしたリサーチをしております。昨今 ゲームプレーヤーは往々にしてコンピューター、コンソ−ル上でいわゆる「独り 遊び」をします。私のゲーム作りのコンセプトは プレーヤー同士（２人でも 数人でも）が直接向かい合って一緒にプレーを楽しむ 人々も随意参加してプレー出来、さらには イベント風に大勢の皆が一緒にゲ ームを楽しみながら 共有の時間空間を持ち合うというものです。それぞれに身 体の動きが付いてもよいし そのコンセプトで最近制作したものに"Mary Mack 5000","Ninja Shadow Warriors" 又しばらく前には "Hit Me!", "Haptic Music Gloves"があります。
私は経済学での学位取得後 NYCにあります "Parsons School of Design and Art"で"Fashion Design"を学び、オートクチュール分野、大手のファッシ ョンデザイン会社等を経て、"Parsons Graduate School for Design and technology"(2003-2005)にて MFA を取得しました。その間 特に" Physical Computing, Game Design"に興味を持ち今日に至っています。服飾美術から 始めたデザインとの関わりも 「ゲーム作り」に生かしたいと思っています。
I am teaching a workshop at Eyebeam about Physical Game Controls. Here is the blog I am keeping at Eyebeam.Here is my portfolio I made before Eyebeam.