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Calm Technology and the
Future of the Interface
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How the next generation of geolocation
technology will change everything
Amber Case | @caseorganic
Director, Esri R&D Center Portland
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Calm technology makes use of our
peripheral attention, allowing us
to be aware of more things with
less cognitive overhead.
Empowering the Periphery
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A calm technology will move easily from the
periphery of our attention, to the center, and back:
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Things in the periphery are attuned to by the large
portion of our brains devoted to peripheral (sensory)
processing. By placing things in the periphery we are
able to attune to many more things than we could if
everything had to be at the center. Thus the periphery
is informing without overburdening.
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- Weiser, Brown, The Coming Age of Calm Technology
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1. Machines shouldn't act like humans
2. Humans shouldn't act like machines
3. Amplify the best part of each
Design for people first
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1. Haptics vs. auditory alerts (haptic compass)
2. Light status vs. full display (on/off)
3. Positive or negative tones (home electronics)
4. Transparency (inner-office windows)
Create ambient awareness through
different senses
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•Processes occur in the background
•Data is pushed to the user
•User input can come in many forms,
not just through keyboard input
Ambient Information
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• User’s location
• Time of day
• Current speed (slow or fast?)
• Average speed over time (driving vs. walking)
• Prior actions (clicks, subscriptions
• User’s friends on another platform
Ambient Input
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Thank you very much!
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Amber Case | @caseorganic
Director, Esri R&D Center Portland
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