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

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

2009

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

33

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2009.49

Filename

5165557