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Interaction Patterns

Four ways a smart room can respond to people — from simple presence detection to object-mediated intelligence.

Set up the room, then explore each pattern
The Room
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Design Challenge

Pick one pattern. Design a smart object that uses it for a space you care about.

→ What does your object sense? What pattern does it use?
→ What are the affordances? What are the signifiers?
→ Where does it sit on the explicit/implicit spectrum?
→ What happens when it gets things wrong?
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