Bringing People and Places Together with Dual Augmentation

This paper describes initial work on the Domisilica project at Georgia Tech. We are exploring the dual augmentation of physical and virtual worlds in Domisilica and applying this novel concept to supporthome life beyond the boundaries of the actual house. We will demonstrate applications of dual augmentation in supporting distributed communities through a home (the Regency) and a specific appliance (CyberFridge), both of which serve as a communications link between physical and virtual worlds. Three specific types of communication are supported: direct (supporting real-time user-to-user interaction), indirect (interaction mediated by devices such as games, a refrigerator, etc), and peripheral (supporting awareness of subtle information).

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