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The PhotoMirror appliance: affective awareness in the hallway

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This paper presents the design of PhotoMirror an intra-home communication appliance for supporting informal, lightweight communication and awareness between home inhabitants. The PhotoMirror captures and displays images of trivial daily events and rituals reflecting the commotion and activities of home inhabitants.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Lisa Cherian for her original project concept and her support. Thanks to Boris de Ruyter of Philips Research for critical feedback and material support.

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  1. Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, MB, 5600, The Netherlands

    Panos Markopoulos, Bert Bongers, Erik van Alphen, Jasper Dekker, Wouter van Dijk, Sebastiaan Messemaker, Joep van Poppel, Bram van der Vlist, Dirk Volman & Gilles van Wanrooij

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Markopoulos, P., Bongers, B., Alphen, E.v. et al. The PhotoMirror appliance: affective awareness in the hallway. Pers Ubiquit Comput 10, 128–135 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-005-0007-x

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