Call for participation
NordiCHI’14 Workshop – Beyond the Switch: Explicit and Implicit Interaction with Light
October 26, 2014: Helsinki, Finland
in conjunction with NordiCHI’14 (http://nordichi2014.org/)
URL: http://lightingworkshop.wordpress.com/
Deadline for submissions is August 14, 2014.
The introduction of connected lighting, which can be integrated with sensors and other devices, is opening up new possibilities for creating responsive and intelligent environments. The role of lighting in such systems goes far beyond functional illumination. Extensive lighting networks are established in which digitally controllable LED light sources enable almost limitless lighting output possibilities, such as dynamic and coloured light. Despite this potential, the current approach for controlling such systems is to use traditional light switches and controllers or to replace these with a more sophisticated smartphone-based control. We however, believe that in many situations the user interaction can become intelligent and sensitive to the context so it is responsive to the people and their needs in the environment.… read more. “Call: Beyond the Switch: Explicit and Implicit Interaction with Light – NordiCHI’14 Workshop”