TY  - CONF
Y1  - 2007/02//
KW  - Interactive urban installation
KW  -  body-input interface
N2  - 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.
AV  - public
M2  - Salamanca, Spain
UR  - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/7459/
T2  - IADIS Applied Computing International Conference 2007
ID  - discovery7459
A1  - Briones, C.
A1  - Fatah gen. Schieck, A.
A1  - Mottram, C
TI  - A socializing interactive installation for the urban environments
ER  -