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Calm Technology and the Future of the Interface
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How the next generation of geolocation technology will change everything
Amber Case | @caseorganic Director, Esri R&D Center Portland
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Industry Preview 21 Jan 2015
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Technology shouldn’t require all of our attention, just some of it, and only when necessary.
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Calm technology makes use of our peripheral attention, allowing us to be aware of more things with less cognitive overhead.
Empowering the Periphery
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A calm technology will move easily from the periphery of our attention, to the center, and back: !
Things in the periphery are attuned to by the large portion of our brains devoted to peripheral (sensory) processing. By placing things in the periphery we are able to attune to many more things than we could if everything had to be at the center. Thus the periphery is informing without overburdening. !
- Weiser, Brown, The Coming Age of Calm Technology
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Weather Status Lighting
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Aaron Parecki @aaronpk 2014
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Hue Lightbulb connected to a weather report
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1. A technology should inform and encalm 2. Make use of the periphery
Two Principles of Calm Technology
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1. Machines shouldn't act like humans 2. Humans shouldn't act like machines 3. Amplify the best part of each
Design for people first
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1. Haptics vs. auditory alerts (haptic compass)
2. Light status vs. full display (on/off)
3. Positive or negative tones (home electronics)
4. Transparency (inner-office windows)
Create ambient awareness through different senses
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Location as an invisible interface
•Actions as buttons •Invisible interfaces •Trigger-based interactions
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•Processes occur in the background •Data is pushed to the user •User input can come in many forms, not just through keyboard input
Ambient Information
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• User’s location • Time of day • Current speed (slow or fast?) • Average speed over time (driving vs. walking) • Prior actions (clicks, subscriptions • User’s friends on another platform
Ambient Input
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Privacy is the ability to have control over where your content goes
and who it is accessed by.
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Practice Privacy by Design instead of Privacy by Disaster
http://www.privacybydesign.ca/
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Calm Technology allows people to accomplish the same goals with the least amount of mental cost
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Thank you very much! calmtechnology.com
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Amber Case | @caseorganic Director, Esri R&D Center Portland
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Industry Preview 21 Jan 2015
Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC