%0 Conference Paper
%A Briones, C.
%A Fatah gen. Schieck, A.
%A Mottram, C
%B IADIS Applied Computing International Conference 2007
%C Salamanca, Spain
%D 2007
%F discovery:7459
%K Interactive urban installation, body-input interface
%T A socializing interactive installation for the urban environments
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/7459/
%X In this paper we present the LEDs Urban Carpet: an interactive urban  installation using a body-input as a form of a non-traditional user interface.  The installation was tested in various locations around the city of Bath, UK.  We selected locations with low, medium and high pedestrian flows. The aim is to  generate a novel urban experience, which can be introduced in different  locations in the city and with different social situations.  The installation represents a game with a grid of LEDs that can be embedded as  an interactive carpet into the urban context. A pattern of lights is generated  dynamically following the pedestrians movement over the carpet. In this case  the pedestrians become active participants that influence the generative  process and make the pattern of LED-s change. The paper suggests that  introducing this kind of display in a social scenario can enrich the casual  interaction of people nearby and this might enhance social awareness and  engagement. However, we should point out that a number of factors need to be  taken into consideration when designing an interactive installation, especially  when situated within the urban space.  The experience we present here can assist designers in understanding  difficulties and issues that need to be taken into account during the design of  an interactive urban project of this nature.