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Mindfulness Mirror

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Artificial Intelligence XXXVI (SGAI 2019)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 11927))

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This paper explores the use of an interactive Genetic Algorithm for creating a piece of visual art intended to assist in promoting the state of mindfulness. This is determined by a Bluetooth gaming electroencephalography (EEG) headset as the fitness function. The visual display consisted of an infinity mirror with over two hundred Neopixels with fade times and colour of zones controlled by two Arduinos running the software. Whilst we have observed some convergence of solutions, the results and user observations raised some interesting questions about how this strategy might be improved.

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James-Reynolds, C., Currie, E. (2019). Mindfulness Mirror. In: Bramer, M., Petridis, M. (eds) Artificial Intelligence XXXVI. SGAI 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11927. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34885-4_36

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