Casablanca:

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Casablanca Designing Social Communication
Devices for the Home
Hindus, D., Mainwaring, S.D., Leduc, N.,
Hagstrom, A.E. Bayley, O. (2001)
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Consumers, Homes and Communications

• Households are displays
• Households are sanctuaries
• Family life is the household priority
• Women are the household communicators

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Consumers, Homes and Communications

• Households are displays
• Households are sanctuaries
• Family life is the household priority
• Women are the household communicators
• The Telephone is not good enough

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Awareness-Related Concepts
To create and maintain connections to family and
close friends through low commitment
communication modes.
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Presence Light

• A pair of linked decorative objects that shows
  activity from a remote location. The amount of
  sound and movement in one house can change the
  light intensity in the remote house.
• Problems
• Privacy
• Low level of information conveyed

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Intentional Presence Lamp (IPL)

• No automatic sensing unless the user activates
  the device
• Curtain IPL
• Lampshade IPL

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CommuteBoard

• Shared electronic whiteboard
• Display general noise level at the remote
  location
• Playful and informal
• Brief, fleeting
• Semi-synchronous
• interactions

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MessageBoard

• Upgrade version of CommuteBoard
• Enable share other artifacts
• Share with multiple groups
• Convenient coordination of activities

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Concept Testing Findings

• Fun to use, low in cost
• Kept in touch with loved ones, monitor kids and
  elderly parents
• Respected privacy
• Does not create new obligations
• Multiple communication modes with enough
  information

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Questions?