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1998
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Roomware for Cooperative Buildings: Integrated Design of Architectural Spaces and Information Spaces

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Roomware for Cooperative Buildings: Integrated Design of Architectural Spaces and Information Spaces
In this paper, we introduce the concepts of "cooperative buildings" and "roomware" and place them in the context of the integrated design of real, physical, resp. architectural spaces and virtual, resp. digital information spaces. By "roomware" we mean computer-augmented things in rooms, like doors, walls, furniture, and others. The general approach is detailed via examples from the i-LAND project where we develop several "roomware" components in order to realize an interactive information and cooperation landscape, e.g. an innovative work environment for creativity teams. We describe the current realization of i-LAND which includes an interactive electronic wall, an interactive table, computer-augmented chairs, and a mechanism for assigning physical objects as representatives of information objects in the virtual world. Keywords. cooperative buildings, shared workspaces, physical space, architecture, virtual world, information space, augmented r...
Norbert A. Streitz, Jörg Geißler, Torst
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Type Conference
Year 1998
Where COBUILD
Authors Norbert A. Streitz, Jörg Geißler, Torsten Holmer
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