El Tercer ojo

Narratives from futures we need to confront.

In a post-pandemic world marked by acceleration, hyper-technology, and "human obsolescence", The Third eye imagines a reality where bio-nanotechnological implants replace cognitive labor. A dystopia wrapped in precision — and critique.

Focus on provocation and critical design.

Born within the academic framework of a Master’s in Interactive Design, this speculative project investigates the thresholds between science, parascience, and control. The premise: what if we surrendered the last frontier of autonomy — our mind — to the logic of labor optimization?

In this imagined near-future, workers are required to self-implant a device in the forehead. Once inside the body, nano-bots reach the pineal gland and connect to the neural network, allowing employers to remotely trigger labor sessions in an alternate sensory reality. A kind of temporal capitalism where 4 hours of “work” equals 15 real-world minutes. The line between rest and productivity dissolves. So does the boundary between being and performing.

A device born from desperation.

“El Tercer Ojo” isn’t a celebration of what could be built. It’s a mirror — showing what must be questioned. Through visual storytelling and design speculation, it poses vital, unsettling questions:

What happens when technology becomes too intimate?

What if critique no longer has a place?

Are we designing tools for humans — or redesigning humans to serve tools?

A project never meant to be built.

Its purpose is not to seduce, but to disturb. To invite reflection in a world increasingly seduced by innovation without introspection.

“The third eye” is a speculative design fiction — and a manifesto against blind acceleration.

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