Domestic co-presence

 

Context

At home in the family room

Design concept

A designated wall in your home where you display your personal belongings and memories is also a place for a window into your distant family’s living space. As you approach the wall and start interacting with the person on the other side, the projection view expands and takes up the whole wall.

Experiential qualities and related concepts

Calm, collaborative, immersion, personal, sociality.

Augmentation modality

Visual, auditory.

Technical options

Interactive surface projection + audio/video communication.

Prototyping techniques

Large screen + Skype.

Source

Microsoft Productivity Future Vision video (2015), 4:24-4:38.