Ambient Media - Introduction
other ways to display notification and information than on a computer screen e.g. [Weiser], [Ishii], [Wisneski]
not monopolizing & peripheral perception
- background music (e.g. supermarket, NetSound)
- objects in the environment (e.g. dangling string)
- deals automatically with information overload
a way to enrich the environment
- functional art
- aesthetics