{"id":979,"date":"2021-10-14T09:12:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T07:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/?page_id=979"},"modified":"2025-04-10T11:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:03:11","slug":"rime-rich-interactive-materials-for-everyday-objects-in-the-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/rime-rich-interactive-materials-for-everyday-objects-in-the-home\/","title":{"rendered":"RIME \u2013 Rich Interactive Materials for Everyday Objects in the Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Prof. Dr. Susanne Boll, University of Oldenburg (Homepage<\/a>)
Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers, RWTH Aachen University (Homepage<\/a>)
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The key approach of RIME to achieve is to unlock the interactive potential for rich interaction with the materials in our smart environments. We will be designing, prototyping, and evaluating\u00a0scalable sensor and actuator technology\u00a0and\u00a0touch interaction paradigms\u00a0for seamless integration into everyday materials and objects, to enable natural and scalable hands-on interactions with our future smart homes. As a result, the physical artefacts in our homes, such as chairs, tables, walls, and other surfaces, can be equipped with an interactive digital \u201cskin\u201d, or contain interactive sensor and actuator materials; and swiping along a table, say, to unfold it for additional guests may become a possible scenario.<\/p>\n

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Main Research Question<\/h5>\n

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How do we unlock the interactive potential for rich interaction with the materials in our smart environments?<\/p>\n

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  1. What are the characteristics of everyday touch on objects and surfaces in the home?<\/li>\n
  2. How can we improve interactive surfaces and objects in the home to make them more discoverable and their interactions unambiguous?<\/li>\n
  3. How do we integrate multimodal feedback mechanisms on everyday household objects and surfaces used for smart home control?<\/li>\n
  4. What are the effective and efficient fabrication techniques for enhanced everyday household objects and surfaces used for smart home control?<\/li>\n
  5. How do we integrate observed human characteristics and behaviors into the designs of everyday household objects and surfaces used for smart home control?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Oldenburg University
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    RWTH Aachen University
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    RWTH Aachen University
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    Narjes Pourjafarian<\/span><\/h3>

    Saarland University
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    The Hidden Potential: Reimagining Household Items as Smart Home Interfaces<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/h3>

    M. Chamunorwa, H. M\u00fcller, S. Boll.<\/i>
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    What's that shape? Investigating Eyes-Free recognition of textile icons<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/h3>

    R. Sch\u00e4fer, O. Nowak, L. Suchmann, S. Schr\u00f6der, J. Borchers.<\/i>
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    \nEvaluation of different icon designs on textile interfaces






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    Print-A-Sketch: A Handheld Printer for Physical Sketching of Circuits and Sensors on Everyday Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/h3>

    N. Pourjafarian, M. Koelle, F. Mjaku, P. Strohmeier, J. Steimle.<\/i>
    \nACM CHI 2022<\/b>
    \nHandheld printer for printing intricate patterns using conductive and non-conductive inks, allowing the creation of circuits.

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    Popup Observation Kit for Remote Usability Testing. <\/span><\/a><\/h3>


    J. Kaiser, T. Marianski, M. Muras, M. Chamunorwa<\/i>
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    Vasi-Light: Using Everyday Decorative Items as Smarthome Interfaces. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/h3>

    P. Ganjeh, M. Bosomefi Chamunorwa, A. Gopal, S. Mutyala.<\/i>
    \nACM MUM 2023<\/b>
    \nUsing Everyday Decorative Items as Smarthome Interfaces.




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    An Empirical Comparison of Moderated and Unmoderated Gesture Elicitation Studies on Soft Surfaces and Objects for Smart Home Control.<\/span><\/a><\/h3>

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    \nComparison between supervised and unsupervised Gesture Elicitation Studies with a physical prop.



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    Shaping Textile Sliders: An Evaluation of Form Factors and Tick Marks for Textile Sliders<\/span><\/a><\/h3>

    O. Nowak, R. Sch\u00e4fer, A. Brocker, P. Wacker, J. Borchers.<\/i>
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    \nEvaluation of different slider designs on textile interfaces.


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    Sweet Spot: Displaying Interaction Areas on Everyday Home Surfaces using AR<\/span><\/a><\/h3>

    M. Chamunorwa, L. M\u00fcller, T. Ihmels, D. Diekmann, H. M\u00fcller, and S. Boll.<\/i>
    \nACM ISS 2021<\/b>
    \n\nAn exploration on visualising reachable zones on planar surfaces with potential for embedding alternative smarthome user interfaces.

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    Handheld Tools Unleashed: Mixed-Initiative Physical Sketching with a Robotic Printer<\/span><\/a><\/h3>

    N. Pourjafarian, F. Mjaku, M. Koelle, M. Schmitz, J. Borchers, J. Steimle<\/i>
    \nACM CHI 2023<\/b>
    \nRobot that can allow no hands sketching and printing on surfaces including rigid and soft ones using conductive inks.

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    Inhabiting Interconnected Spaces: How Users Shape and Appropriate Their Smart Home Ecosystems.<\/span><\/a><\/h3>

    M.P. Wo\u017aniak, S. V\u00f6ge, R. Kr\u00fcger, H. M\u00fcller, M. Koelle, S. Boll<\/i>
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    \nA thematic analysis to reveal how users shape their smart home\necosystems (SHEs), considering social relationships at home, perceived ownership of SHTs, and expected key benefits.
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    M. Chamunorwa, M.P. Wozniak, S. V\u00f6ge, H. M\u00fcller, S. Boll.<\/i>
    \nACM MobileHCI 2022<\/b>
    \nDocumentation and evaluation of end-user behaviours plus gesture preferences in fictional smart home settings in two settings; living room and home office.




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    4. Narjes Pourjafarian, Marion Koelle, Fjolla Mjaku, Paul Strohmeier, and J\u00fcrgen Steimle. 2022. Print-A-Sketch: A Handheld Printer for Physical Sketching of Circuits and Sensors on Everyday Surfaces. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 270, 1\u201317. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3491102.3502074<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Oliver Nowak, Ren\u00e9 Sch\u00e4fer, Anke Brocker, Philipp Wacker, and Jan Borchers. 2022. Shaping Textile Sliders: An Evaluation of Form Factors and Tick Marks for Textile Sliders. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 214, 1\u201314. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3491102.3517473<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Ren\u00e9 Sch\u00e4fer, Oliver Nowak, Lovis Bero Suchmann, S\u00f6ren Schr\u00f6der, and Jan Borchers. 2023. What\u2019s That Shape? Investigating Eyes-Free Recognition of Textile Icons. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 580, 1\u201312. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3544548.3580920<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Narjes Pourjafarian, Fjolla Mjaku, Marion Koelle, Martin Schmitz, Jan Borchers, and J\u00fcrgen Steimle. 2023. Handheld Tools Unleashed: Mixed-Initiative Physical Sketching with a Robotic Printer. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 734, 1\u201314. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3544548.3580691<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
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      Michael Chamunorwa, Miko\u0142aj P. Wo\u017aniak, Susanna Kr\u00e4mer, Heiko Mu\u0308ller, and Susanne Boll. 2023. An Empirical Comparison of Moderated and Unmoderated Gesture Elicitation Studies on Soft Surfaces and Objects for Smart Home Control.. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, MHCI, Article 198 (September 2023), 24 <\/span>pages. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3604245<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n

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      Michael Chamunorwa, Heiko M\u00fcller, and Susanne Boll. 2024. The Hidden Potential: Reimagining Household Items as Smart Home Interfaces. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 519\u2013522. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3701571.3703371<\/a>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n

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      Pantea Sanei Ganjeh, Michael Bosomefi Chamunorwa, Abhinand Parambil Gopal, and Santosh Mutyala. 2023. Vasi-Light: Using Everyday Decorative Items as Smarthome Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 565\u2013567. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3626705.3631879<\/a>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      RIME \u2013 Rich Interactive Materials for Everyday Objects in the Home Principal Investigators Prof. Dr. Susanne Boll, University of Oldenburg (Homepage)Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers, RWTH Aachen University (Homepage)Prof. Dr. J\u00fcrgen Steimle, Saarland University\u00a0(Homepage) The key approach of RIME to achieve is to unlock the interactive potential for rich interaction with the materials in our smart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[14,15],"class_list":["post-979","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":228,"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5569,"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/979\/revisions\/5569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalableinteractionparadigms.uni-oldenburg.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}