Ocean Eyes is a projection-mapped sculpture that watches its viewer back. A 3D-printed eye sits at seated height, its iris illuminated by a single projected circle — a resting blue, textured like deep water. When someone sits before it, an ultrasonic sensor triggers a shift: the eye stops performing its default beauty and begins to speak.

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When an ultrasonic sensor detects someone sitting in front of it, the projection switches from the idle eye to the poem: each line highlighted in sequence, the background shifting with each verse; ocean water, close-up iris tissue, camera lenses, tree branches, sky.

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The Figma prototype provided precise control over sequencing, with each line timed against its background, the rotation pacing the read. It also helped keep the production pipeline simple: prototype to screen recording to projector. The Arduino and ultrasonic sensor handle the only interaction: presence triggers disclosure. You sit down, and the eye stops performing its default beauty. It starts speaking.