Personal Ambient DisplayCraig Wisneski, Professor Hiroshi Ishii, Will Logan, Jeff Steinheider, Blair Dunn / 1999
Personal Ambient Displays
are small, physical devices worn to display information to a person in a subtle,
persistent, and private manner. They can be small enough to be carried in a pocket,
worn as a watch, or even adorned like jewelry. In our implementations, information
is displayed solely through tactile modalities such as heating and cooling, movement
and vibration, and change of shape. The displays are designed to be ambient, transmitting
information in the background of a person’s perception through these simple, physical
means. Studies are being done that examine how people perceive information through
tactile displays, and application areas where ambient displays are appropriate
are being identified.