TY - GEN
T1 - transFORM - A cyber-physical environment increasing social interaction and place attachment in underused, public spaces
AU - Aguiar, Carlos Henrique
AU - Green, Keith Evan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/5/30
Y1 - 2018/5/30
N2 - The emergence of social networks and apps has reduced the importance of physical space as a locus for social interaction. In response, we introduce transFORM, a cyber-physical environment installed in under-used, outdoor, public spaces. transFORM embodies our understanding of how a responsive, cyber-physical architecture can augment social relationship and increase place attachment. In this paper we critically examine the social interaction problem in the context of our increasingly digital society, present our ambition, and introduce our prototype which we will iteratively design and test. Cyber-physical interventions at large scale in public spaces are an inevitable future, and this paper serves to establish the fundamental terms of this frontier.
AB - The emergence of social networks and apps has reduced the importance of physical space as a locus for social interaction. In response, we introduce transFORM, a cyber-physical environment installed in under-used, outdoor, public spaces. transFORM embodies our understanding of how a responsive, cyber-physical architecture can augment social relationship and increase place attachment. In this paper we critically examine the social interaction problem in the context of our increasingly digital society, present our ambition, and introduce our prototype which we will iteratively design and test. Cyber-physical interventions at large scale in public spaces are an inevitable future, and this paper serves to establish the fundamental terms of this frontier.
KW - Cyber-physical systems
KW - Environmental psychology
KW - Interaction design
KW - Responsive environments
KW - Robotics
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85054173761
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85054173761#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1145/3197391.3205441
DO - 10.1145/3197391.3205441
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054173761
SN - 9781450356312
T3 - DIS 2018 - Companion Publication of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference
SP - 231
EP - 236
BT - DIS 2018 - Companion Publication of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2018 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2018
Y2 - 9 June 2018 through 13 June 2018
ER -