Title :
Metaphor and Manifestation Cross-Reality with Ubiquitous Sensor/Actuator Networks
Author :
Lifton, Joshua ; Laibowitz, Mathew ; Harry, Drew ; Gong, Nan-Wei ; Mittal, Manas ; Paradiso, Joseph A.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. Media Lab., MA, USA
Abstract :
Looks at how MIT Media Lab\´s Responsive Environments Group is exploring ways to bridge networked electronic sensors and human perception through "cross reality" implementations that render and manifest phenomena between real world and virtual environments via densely embedded sensor and actuator networks.
Keywords :
actuators; ubiquitous computing; user interfaces; virtual reality; wireless sensor networks; 2D visualization; actuator network; cross-reality metaphor; dynamic privacy management; fluid browsing; human perception; mobile devices; networked electronic sensor; online virtual environment; sensor-rich media portal; smart power strip; ubiquitous multiscale telepresence; ubiquitous sensor; Actuators; Displays; Graphics; Humans; Second Life; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Telecommunication traffic; Virtual environment; Visualization; IEEE; augmented reality; mixed reality; mobile computing; pervasive computing; privacy; sensor networks; ubiquitous media; virtual worlds;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2009.49
