Net Motion involved the creation of a wearable object or piece of clothing, that could sense the body position of the wearer. The clothing could communicate wirelessly with others of its type. When two or more people wearing the device were in roughly the same body position, the clothing would begin to glow. The degree of brightness of the glow would be proportional to the number of people that were in the same position.

Participants could try to adjust their position to find a network or group of people that would all glow. Alternatively, they could try to find completely unique positions that would be indicated by a lack of light.

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  • Similar to online social networking sites, Net Motion also created a sense of connection to a larger network and provided the freedom of self expression, but required participants to achieve this by engaging with their bodies instead of using a computer. It was essentially a physical interface to an online social network. While the piece inspired movement, it did not simply reinforce the preconditioned routines of gym culture. Instead, participants were able to create their own motions outside the gym space.