Extended Senses & Invisible Fences - my ARE2012 talk

Chris Arkenberg @chris23

Extended senses & invisible fences/A look at the emerging urban experience.



“The intelligence of the city is on the

streets.”/Manu Fernandez


Frame

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Frame1. Ubicomp is a deep current.


Frame1. Ubicomp is a deep current.2. Nature is a deeper current.



3. Implementation is heterogeneous.



3. Implementation is heterogeneous.4. There is a tension between

technology & humanity.




technology & humanity. 5. Governance contains, innovation

releases.





releases.6. We command our tools…





releases.6. We command our tools…

/But we’re helping them to command us.


Assumptions

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Assumptions


Assumptions1. Roughly linear growth model.



2. Energy constraints are managed.



2. Energy constraints are managed.3. Capital models evolve slowly.




4. Adaptation more than mitigation.




4. Adaptation more than mitigation.5. Balkanization, distraction.





6. Gaps & opportunities.





6. Gaps & opportunities.7. The living city is emergent.





6. Gaps & opportunities.7. The living city is emergent.

/An accelerating patchwork of implementations defines the shifting

urban landscape. Chris Arkenberg @chris23

DomainsPersonal


DomainsPersonal


DomainsPersonal

1. Network identification


DomainsPersonal

1. Network identification2. Device mesh


DomainsPersonal


3. Location


DomainsPersonal


3. Location4. Data profile


DomainsPersonal


3. Location4. Data profile

/We are clothing ourselves in sensitive technologies.


DomainsLocal

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DomainsLocal


DomainsLocal

1. Proximity


DomainsLocal

1. Proximity2. Path


DomainsLocal

1. Proximity2. Path

3. Context


DomainsLocal

1. Proximity2. Path

3. Context4. Boundaries


DomainsLocal

1. Proximity2. Path

3. Context4. Boundaries

/We are anchoring the virtual in the actual, wiring the real to the

transreal.


DomainsStructural

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DomainsStructural


DomainsStructural

1. Architecture


DomainsStructural

1. Architecture2. Infrastructure


DomainsStructural

1. Architecture2. Infrastructure3. Transportation


DomainsStructural

1. Architecture2. Infrastructure3. Transportation4. Communication


DomainsStructural

1. Architecture2. Infrastructure3. Transportation4. Communication

/We are creating a computational sensorium of urban informatics.


DomainsInteraction

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DomainsInteraction


DomainsInteraction1. Visual



2. Auditory



2. Auditory3. Tactile




4. Gesture




4. Gesture5. Voice




4. Gesture5. Voice

/We build technologies to enable new relationships.


DomainsRegulation

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DomainsRegulation


DomainsRegulation

“Contexts remind people and their devices how to

behave.” /Malcolm McCullough


DomainsRegulation


DomainsRegulation1. Feedback


DomainsRegulation1. Feedback2. Guidance



3. Governance



3. Governance4. Control



3. Governance4. Control

/By inviting algorithms to help us we enable them to contain us.


DomainsInteraction

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DomainsAesthetics


DomainsAesthetics

“An eruption of the digital into the

physical.”/Bruce Sterling


DomainsAesthetics


DomainsAesthetics

1. Blended reality


DomainsAesthetics

1. Blended reality2. Polysocial reality


DomainsAesthetics


3. Spatial convergence


DomainsAesthetics


3. Spatial convergence4. Cyborg aesthetics


DomainsAesthetics


3. Spatial convergence4. Cyborg aesthetics

/Perception, cognition, & expression are modulated by the ingression of

virtuality into our lives.



“The more things change, the more

they stay the same.”

/Snake Pliskin (Alphonse Karr)


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Technology

Extended Senses & Invisible Fences - my ARE2012 talk