GVU Technical Report Number: GIT-GVU-01-07

Title: Ten Inch Pixels: Ambient Art for Remote Awareness

Authors: Jennifer Mankoff, Jim Rowan, Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Mark McJunkin
Scott Hudson, HCII, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract:
We present an ambient display for supporting social connections between extended family members. The display, a digitally-controlled combination of oil on canvan and mechanical sculpture, consists of four, ten-by-ten inch "pixels", supporting the display of five coherent images and hundreds of mixed, collage images.

Keywords: ambient display, art and technology, computing in the home

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