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Ambient Displays: Turning Architectural Space into an Interface between People and Digital Information

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Cooperative Buildings: Integrating Information, Organization, and Architecture (CoBuild 1998)

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We envision that the architectural space we inhabit will be a new form of interface between humans and online digital information. This paper discusses Ambient Displays: a new approach to interfacing people with online digital information. Ambient Displays present information within a space through subtle changes in light, sound, and movement, which can be processed in the background of awareness. We describe the design and implementation of two example Ambient Displays, the ambientROOM and Ambient Fixtures. Additionally, we discuss applications of Ambient Displays and propose theories of design of such interfaces based on our initial experiences.

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  1. Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Craig Wisneski, Hiroshi Ishii, Andrew Dahley, Matt Gorbet, Scott Brave, Brygg Ullmer & Paul Yarin

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  1. IPSI - Integrated Pubication and Information Systems Institute, GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology, Dolivostr. 15, D-64293, Darmstadt, Germany

    Norbert A. Streitz  & Shin’ichi Konomi  & 

  2. TKT - Institute for Telecooperation Technology, GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology, Rheinstr. 75, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany

    Heinz-Jürgen Burkhardt

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Wisneski, C. et al. (1998). Ambient Displays: Turning Architectural Space into an Interface between People and Digital Information. In: Streitz, N.A., Konomi, S., Burkhardt, HJ. (eds) Cooperative Buildings: Integrating Information, Organization, and Architecture. CoBuild 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1370. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-69706-3_4

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