Japanese

The experimental mini liv-lit installed in the aerial garden viewing platform of the Umeda Sky Building from 17 to 25 December 2005 is a 1/100 scale model of the liv-lit on the Kepco Building. This smaller liv-lit reflected wind movement in sync with the main liv-lit 1.5km to the south. When someone touched the mini liv-lit, that hand motion was reproduced instantly in colorful hues on the liv-lit on top of the Kepco Building away in the distance. Touch the Light is interactive lighting; light that projects people's surprise and amazement. The public trial in December ran for two hours nightly. Despite this limited time, over the nine days of the trial almost 2,000 people took the opportunity to experience the installation for themselves. Visitors included those who said they'd seen it on TV or in the paper, couples on dates, families, overseas tourists: all kinds of people came to try the mini liv-lit. "It's great to have an event everyone can enjoy, including the disabled" (staff from a school for the intellectually disabled). "It feels like I'm controlling the building (laughs)" (woman on a date). "Hang on! How'd that happen?! What's going on?" (several people). "Cool!" (the kids). People got into the spirit of things in all sorts of ways: some didn't just touch the panel but embraced it with both arms, while others tried blowing on it. Inside the mini liv-lit is an array of light sources and sensors. The mini liv-lit is connected to the main liv-lit by wireless LAN, sending wind data to the mini liv-lit, and people's data to liv-lit, all in realtime.