LOCATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE INTERFACE

Amber case

Location and the ���Future of the Interface���

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Amber Case http://caseorganic.com/

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We are all cyborgs

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Univac 1 ~1950’s iPhone ~2000’s

I. Problems

Persistent Paleontology

II. History

Self-Portrait of Steve Mann with Wearable Computing Apparatus 1981.

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Diminished Reality vs. Augmented Reality •  Adding your own layer onto reality •  Replacing public messages with your own

Adblock: Image recognition, processing and replacement.

Collaborative Reality

Remember the Milk Contextual Notification Systems

Virtual Post-It Notes with Image Processing 1995

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Computer-Mediated Reality: Face Recognition and History

Sousveillance: MaybeCam

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Present-Day ��� Steve Mann

•  Extremely lightweight equipment

•  Most people have this in their pocket

Present-Day ��� Steve Mann

•  Extremely lightweight equipment

•  Most people have this in their pocket

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III. Persistent Architecture

Englebart’s Cyborg Glove

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Twiddler by HandyKey Corporation One-Handed Key Chording USB Keyboard

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Inputs

Thad Starner

Borg Group – MIT Media Lab

Sandy Pentland

GA Tech

V. Non-visual wearable computing

Haptic Compass Belt

Future

IV. The Future

What is an ambient application?

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What is an ambient application?

"  Processes occur in the background

"  Data is pushed to the user

"  User input can come in many forms, not just through keyboard input

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Information should be pushed to you

A robot working for you behind the scenes.

The more it knows about you the more it can do for you.

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Ambient user input

"  User’s location

"  Time of day

"  Current speed (slow or fast?)

"  Average speed over time (driving vs. walking)

"  Prior actions (clicks, subscriptions

"  User’s friends on another platform

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your phone is a remote control for reality.

Calm technology

•  Actions as buttons •  Invisible interfaces •  Trigger-based interactions

The interface disappears

•  Actions are Reduced •  Queries are Eliminated

The Invisible Interface

900m

80m

A Collection of Invisible Buttons

Types of Interactions

•  Entering •  Exiting •  Dwelling at a place

Proximal Notification

Ambient Notification

Geonotes

your phone becomes a remote control for reality.

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Use Case: Home Automation

Energy management and notifications

"   Enter the house, the lights turn on

"   Leave, and the lights turn off

Real-Time Hyperlocal Weather

Bringing Wikipedia

to Life

Credit: Reid Beels

Real-Life Gaming

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“Dave, who is normally in New York, is in town. Both of your schedules are free at noon”.

Monitor significant events not all events

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Personal location analytics

Inform users of significant social updates.

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Location-Based ���Triggers

Create triggers based on where people are.

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9:00Am

Send users a message if they're not within a radius within a certain time period.

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Layers of Functionality (Geo-plugins)

Geonotes Leave messages for your future self!

But…

Battery Drain

Solving those problems enables entire industries

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The best interface is invisible.

No longer this.

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Thank you!���

Amber Case http://caseorganic.com/

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