Explores how cosplay experiences change when audiences remotely control costume behaviours using connected hardware, demonstrated through the IoT Skullfort build.
We built the IoT Skullfort costume to investigate how Internet connectivity reshapes cosplay. Unlike typical wearable interactions where costumes respond to environmental or player behaviour, this project investigates scenarios where the audience (third party) gets to manipulate the costume behaviour using mobile applications. Focus groups with cosplay community experts highlighted new opportunities for shared entertainment, while also surfacing design and usability challenges for audience-influenced costumes.
