Plant Shadow Morphing As a Peripheral Display

Ashley Colley; Özge Raudanjoki; Kirsi Mikkonen; Jonna Häkkilä

doi:10.1145/3365610.3368410

Plant Shadow Morphing As a Peripheral Display

Ashley Colley, Özge Raudanjoki, Kirsi Mikkonen, Jonna Häkkilä

Faculty of Art and Design

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Abstract

The amount of status and notification information available topeople is increasing beyond the capacity of the current primarydelivery channel of smartphones. Ambient displays, e.g. embeddedin the home or work environment present an alternative channel,suited to less critical information. We created an ambient displayby manipulating the natural shadows cast by a house plant to carryinformation. To explore user perceptions of the shadow display weevaluated it in a focus group (n = 6). Whilst participants saw somepotential in the approach, there were concerns about identifying themeaning of the display and the psychological effects of distortingreality. The work highlights the potential for designers to explorethe use of functional shadows to carry non-critical information.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MUM '19
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Editors	Giulio Jacucci , Fabio Paternò, Michael Rohs, Carmen Santoro
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	41:1-41:5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-7624-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3365610.3368410
Publication status	Published - 2019
MoEC publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia - CNR Area, building a ground floor, room 27, Pisa, Italy Duration: 26 Nov 2019 → 29 Nov 2019 Conference number: 18th http://www.mum-conf.org/2019/

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Abbreviated title	MUM '19
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Pisa
Period	26.11.2019 → 29.11.2019
Internet address	http://www.mum-conf.org/2019/

Keywords

ambient displays
information visualization
nature
peripheral displays
plants
shadows

Field of science

Visual arts and design

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DecoChrom: Decorative Applications for Self-Organiz Molecular Electrochromic Systems
Häkkilä, J. (Principal Investigator), Colley, A. (Collaborative Investigator) & Kowalski, K. (Principal Investigator)
EUROOPANKOMISSIO
01.01.2018 → 30.06.2022
Project: Co-funded project

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Colley, A , Raudanjoki, Ö, Mikkonen, K & Häkkilä, J 2019, Plant Shadow Morphing As a Peripheral Display. in G Jacucci , F Paternò, M Rohs & C Santoro (eds), MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ACM , New York, NY, USA, pp. 41:1-41:5, International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Pisa, Italy, 26.11.2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3365610.3368410

Plant Shadow Morphing As a Peripheral Display. / Colley, Ashley ; Raudanjoki, Özge; Mikkonen, Kirsi et al.
MUM '19: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ed. / Giulio Jacucci ; Fabio Paternò; Michael Rohs; Carmen Santoro. New York, NY, USA: ACM , 2019. p. 41:1-41:5.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Plant Shadow Morphing As a Peripheral Display

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