Summary13

From EQUIS Lab Wiki

humans have highly sophisticated capacities for processing multiple information streams

while some source occupies our "foreground" multiple sources may concurrently be monitored in the background.

most computer interfaces fail to take advantage of our background processing capabilities most applications require complete foreground attention

the ambientROOM is an environment desgned to provide info for background processing it displays info through subtle cues of sound light or motion easily relegated to the periphery of awareness

room includes water ripples, light patches, natural soundscapes, graspable media controls, bottle, and clock