Sociable Floor The floor is the architectural surface

By admin on October 26th, 2007

Sociable Floor

The floor is the architectural surface that receives the most
physical interaction. By monitoring use of the floor and
projecting onto it, many useful functions can be played out.
We use a modular tile floor with capacitive sensors under
the 12 x12 raised modules. Ceiling-mounted projectors
paint the floor with information gathered from where and
when people stand on the various tiles.

Sociable Floor can augment the sensing already discussed
by judging exactly where different users of the kitchen are
standing. The system can warn users when they are working
too close and allows for projected information to accurately
follow an individual user as their tasks carry them through
the kitchen.