Summary8
From EQUIS Lab Wiki
they test peripheral displays.
displays designed to operate on the periphery while other tasks are primary.
when testing - must test usability and also awareness (how weaily can the user moniter the information they present)
have adapted heuristic evaluation - a low cost evaluation technique to ambient displays and measured usability awareness and distraction of two peripheral displays supporting emails awareness (through both lab and field studies).
no longer working on this project.