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What is Augmented Daily Objects

Chapter 4
Handbook of Research on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments: Trends and Perspectives
A daily object that is augmented with a computational capability to obtain user context and/or present contextual information to a user. People normally use objects to perform specific tasks. For example, they use doors to enter or exit rooms. Sensing the usage state(s) of an object by equipping it with one or multiple dedicated sensors allows a system to infer a user’s current or upcoming action. An augmented daily object is considered as the key element in an implicit interaction.
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Embedding Context-Awareness into a Daily Object for Improved Information Awareness: A Case Study Using a Mirror
Kaori Fujinami (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan) and Fahim Kawsar (Lancaster University, UK)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-857-5.ch004
Abstract
In this chapter, a case study on augmenting a daily object, mirror, for a contextual ambient display is presented. The mirror presents information relevant to a person who is standing and utilizing unshareable objects, e.g. a toothbrush, in front of it on the periphery of his/her field of vision. We investigated methods of interaction with the mirror by analyzing user preferences against contrastive functionalities. Experiments were conducted by a Wizard-of-Oz method and an in-situ experiment. The results showed that a short absence of the mirror function was not a big issue for the majority of participants once they were interested in presented information. The analysis also allowed us to specify requirements and further research questions in order to make an augmented mirror acceptable.
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