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INTRODUCTION
With Activity Wallpaper we explore how a place can be provided with an electronic "memory" of how it is
inhabited, i.e., how people move around, socialize, make noise or in any observable way spend time there.
We do this by collecting activity data using various sensors, and then displaying an interpretation of this data,
in the form of an ambient visualization, back into the place.
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ANALYZING ACTIVITY
We have developed a model for analyzing audio from a café setting, which provides an account for various
characteristics of the current activity level at the cafe, such as the number of people speaking, the amount of
background noise and . A more detailed description can be found in a DIS 2004 poster sketch or in an M.Sc.
Thesis describing the analysis model. The documents will be available from the TEXTS section below.
We are currently exploring other methods for analyzing activity, using a combination of sensor technologies such
as web cameras (using motion detection), microphones, etc.
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VISUALIZATION
The visualization (see the pictures on the right) is displayed using a projector and the pattern is
inspired by patterns from wallpapers and tapestries. A description of how it works will be available here soon;
until then, please see the DIS paper for details.
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CONTACT
Comments or questions?
Please contact Tobias Skog, tobias [at] viktoria [dot] se
Or see the informative art web page for related projects.
TEXTS
Skog, Tobias. Activity Wallpaper: Ambient Visualization of Activity Information. In:
Proceedings from Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2004 (Poster)
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Lukic, Boris. Activity Detection in Public Spaces. M.Sc. Thesis, Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden, 2003.
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