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Objectives
The main aim of the ACCORD project is to develop facilities to construct, administer and manage
future interactive home environments. We see the arrangement of interactive devices as the
principle means of controlling the complexity inherent in domestic environments. We wish to
realise dynamic and adaptive methods, techniques and facilities to allow inhabitants to evolve
their own Tangible Interactive Environment (TIE).
In particular, we wish to empower future household inhabitants by developing a Tangible Toolkit
that they can use to meet their local demands. In order to realise this Tangible Toolkit we need to
undertake fundamental research focusing on:
- How inhabitants understand and alter their domestic environments. What current and
new forms of application are likely to emerge within the home and what activities need
to be supported?
- How inhabitants might relate to future interactive environments. How do we develop
and refine for new uses of information and new forms of applications?
- What are the core elements needed to realise a Tangible Interactive Environment?
How do we identify the core elements with an environment and how do we
characterise these so they are readily understood by users?
- How might inhabitants construct domestic interactive environments from set of
components? What mechanisms are needed to support the rapid construction of a TIE
from a set of components?
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