OpenSpace : enhancing social awareness at the workplace
Citable URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39339
| Title: | OpenSpace : enhancing social awareness at the workplace |
| Author: | Kaur, Ishwinder |
| Advisor: | Henry Holtzman. |
| Department: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences |
| Abstract: | Social awareness in the workspace has been a classical architectural problem that has been tackled in various ways-ranging from architectural ways, such as the design of building atria, to technological ways, like connecting of two remote spaces using two-way audio-video tunnels. Any attempt at enhancing social awareness is fundamentally at odds with high levels of user privacy. In this document, we shall discuss a novel sensor network based approach to enhancing the social awareness of people while maintaining low levels of privacy invasiveness. We use a grid of motion sensors to collect anonymous information about activity in various locations of our prototypical workspace. The real time and historical components of the data are then visualized in six different ways. These visualizations are meant to be deployed as glanceable displays in public areas and personal workspaces to allow people to gain an almost subconscious awareness of the space around them. The system developed is evaluated through one on one critique interviews with users drawn randomly from the prototypical workspace. Finally the results of the evaluation are discussed and future directions for the research are outlined. |
| Description: |
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61). |
| URI: |
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39339
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39339 |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Keywords: | Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences |
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