Abstract:
There are three trends that are converging to create entirely new opportunities for people to more effectively relate to the people, places and things around them: online revelation, sensing technologies and digital signage. More people are revealing more aspects of themselves online, through weblogs, social networking systems like LinkedIn and Friendster, and online dating services. More objects that we wear or carry are able to sense and/or be sensed by other devices in our environments. Display technologies are becoming cheaper, and thus ever-larger displays are showing up in an ever-broadening array of physical contexts. A new breed of digital signage, called proactive displays, takes advantage of these trends by using large displays to show digital content associated with the people who are nearby. This presentation will describe these trends, provide details about some early proactive display applications and their impact on the experiences of attendees at a conference, and discuss some future extensions, highlighting important legal, ethical and policy issues that arise in these new media contexts.
Bio:
Joe McCarthy is the Connector-in-Chief of Interrelativity, Inc., whose mission is to use technology to help people relate to one another in shared physical spaces. Prior to founding Interrelativity, Joe’s career included roles as a senior researcher at Intel Research Seattle and Accenture Technology Labs, an assistant professor at the University of Hartford, an independent consultant and lead guitarist in the rock band Freeway Jam. More information about Joe and his work can be found on the Interrelativity web site (http://interrelativity.com) and Joe’s weblog (http://gumption.typepad.com/blog).
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