@inproceedings{10.1145/3701571.3703371,

title = {The Hidden Potential: Reimagining Household Items as Smart Home Interfaces},

author = {Michael Chamunorwa and Heiko Müller and Susanne Boll},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3701571.3703371},

doi = {10.1145/3701571.3703371},

isbn = {9798400712838},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia},

pages = {519–522},

publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},

address = {New York, NY, USA},

series = {MUM '24},

abstract = {Modern smart home user interfaces have been functional and enduring but have limitations. These limitations include the inability to gracefully merge with end users’ preferred aesthetics and the lack of more expressive controls beyond buttons and screens. As a result, there is an opportunity to explore alternative interface designs to address these issues. One potential solution is embedding user interfaces into everyday objects to broaden aesthetic options and allow more expressive interactions. However, it is essential to carefully design these embedded interfaces, as they may otherwise be unusable or interfere with the primary functions of the chosen objects. Designs should consider the object’s physical form and employ sensible metaphors to create usable interfaces that do not obscure the traditional use of the objects but rather coexist with them as secondary affordances. Our demo showcases four everyday objects equipped with sensors to enable smart home control through their secondary affordances. The objects maintain their primary functions and execute secondary uses as smart home controls with few signs of gadgetry in the form of buttons, screens, and lights.},

keywords = {everyday objects, home assistant, rich interaction, smart home, speculative design, tangible interaction},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}