HiveMind consists of a dome-like structure which was realized from PVC pipes. This dome functions both as a physical barrier between participants and audience, providing safety for the people who are participating inside the dome, and a visual stage, making sure that the audience outside the dome is engaged with the installation and therewith becomes an active part of the experience. A webcam is mounted at the top of the dome and is faced straight down. The video output received from the webcam is connected to a laptop that runs a MaxMSP program that splits the webcam video output and wirelessly streams it to four mobile phones that are placed inside Virtual Reality glasses. The VR-glasses are worn by the participants, who can now only see the world from a bird-perspective. This part of the installation carries for the experience of living as a collective. However, to live as a collective also means to be capable of functioning as a collective, which was tackled by having the participants perform a challenge or game within a limited amount of time.

A column with a mounted display screen is placed inside the middle of the dome. The display screen displays four randomly selected distinctive colors, which can be seen by the participants through the VR-glasses. Inside the dome, there are ten pressure panels mounted on the floor, each of one colored in a color that may match the colors as displayed on the display screen. The participants are challenged to 'disable' each color as presented on the display screen by finding the matching pressure panel and 'pressing the color off' by stepping on the pressure panel within a limited amount of time. When the participants have succeeded in performing this task by disabling all four colors within the time constraint, four new colors will appear on the display screen, each round with less time available.