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Marius Hoggenmueller, Alexander Wiethoff
The Light-Shifting Display - Blurring the Boundaries Between Display and Luminaire Design Article in the Professional Lighting Design Magazine (PLDM, Chinese Edition), VIA Publishers 2020, Beijing, China. |
The Internet of Things enabled through sensor-rich environments and smart devices allows us to collect and exchange vast quantities of data. However, with more and more data being collected, it also poses the question how to communicate the gathered information to humans in an intuitive and aesthetic way. In this article, we present the Light-Shifting Display, a novel type of low-resolution lighting display that represents information in an ambient manner. The lighting device features a discrete and continuous display mode to support a wide range of visual representations and to explore the boundaries between display and luminaire design. We designed various lighting animations and patterns which were connected to a real-time solar- and energy monitoring platform. In collaboration with a business partner operating in the renewable energy sector, we evaluated the Light-Shifting display in three family households over seven weeks in total. Key findings include that all users preferred to use the Light-Shifting Display instead of accessing the data via their smartphones or desktop computers. |