Harmonized inter-personal display project

The project aims to pioneer a new field of information media technology for providing intuitive understanding and promoting face-to-face communication in everyday living environments and public spaces. Moreover, the project will explore some methodologies for producing emergent effects such as spurring intellectual curiosity and creative drive. Current information media technology is located in the confined situation in physical displays. As a result, our daily activities are divided into two categories: using digital equipment or not. It is time to explore a new technological field to pull down the barrier separating real and information worlds. For this purpose, the project develops methods that extend our real world by information technology. Especially, the project will focus on the nature of “spatial interaction,” “compatibility,” and “openness” in order to eliminate the physical constraints of display devices, enhance the compatibility between daily commodities and information devices, and activate the face-to-face communication by giving high priority concern to privacy issues.