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Unpacking Visible Light Communication as a Material for Design

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Charles Windlin,

Jarmo LaaksolahtiAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2019 - 2023

https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025862

Published: 02 May 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Communication through visible light (VLC) is gaining ground as an alternative to traditional radio communication in many settings. Effectively using VLC in creative design processes may however be difficult as the material properties of VLC can be hard to grasp and therefore to use. This paper presents a design exploration where a set of artifacts was created to enable designers to play around with VLC and better understand its properties and their potential use for design. Each artifact was designed to illustrate a particular property of light communication ranging from inner workings of transmission protocols to properties of light in itself. The set was used in two small scale workshops where users played around with the artifacts and afterward were interviewed about their experiences. Interviews and observations from the workshops suggest that users gained insights into the material properties of light communication and were also inspired to think of creative uses for VLC based on those insights

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Unpacking Visible Light Communication as a Material for Design
1. Human-centered computing

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GÖZÜAÇIK EALTIOK MGÖKREM L(2021)Indoor Navigation with Visible Light Communication using Genetic AlgorithmEuropean Journal of Science and Technology10.31590/ejosat.952155Online publication date: 25-Jun-2021
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Fuchsberger VMeneweger T(2019)Experiencing Materialized Reading: Individuals’ Encounters with BooksHuman-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 201910.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_11(203-224)Online publication date: 2-Sep-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_11

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