Bezier lights: establishing virtual boundaries in indoor environments

  • Authors:
  • Yuichiro Takeuchi

  • Affiliations:
  • Interaction Lab, Sony CSL, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  • Venue:
  • CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce Bezier Lights, an intelligent lighting system that allows users to intuitively establish virtual boundaries in indoor environments. Boundaries can be easily created/modified by arranging the layouts of disk-shaped devices ("stones") on the building floor. The immediate purpose of the system is to assist users in incorporating location-aware capabilities into private properties, esp. individual households and offices, with the longer-term goal of serving as a key component in our vision of "Synthetic Space" -- architectural space of the future where all building elements (walls, windows, etc.) can be dynamically reconfigured in real time.