Daily Note: Digital and Physical Contexts in Intelligent Systems

These notes are a summary of concepts presented in “Augment-able reality: situated communication through physical and digital spaces.”

J. Rekimoto, Y. Ayatsuka and K. Hayashi, “Augment-able reality: situated communication through physical and digital spaces,” Digest of Papers. Second International Symposium on Wearable Computers (Cat. No.98EX215), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1998, pp. 68-75, doi: 10.1109/ISWC.1998.729531.

  1. Digital and Physical Contexts
    • Systems recognize and interpret contextual information
    • Device characteristics
      • Modular
      • Wearable
    • Bidirectional flows of information between digital and physical environments
    • Supports indirect and direct messaging to users
  2. Analyzing Personal and Context-Sensitive Spaces
    • Similarities and differences
      • Algorithms for recognizing recurring patterns in personal versus shared spaces
      • Context-sensitive data tied to spatial or temporal markers
    • Dynamic information shifts
      • Adaptive changes as the user moves through additional environments
      • Transition awareness: blending personal preferences with shared context requirements
  3. Contextual Attributes of Ideals and Objects
    • Physical and digital communication
      • Tangible objects associated with digital counterparts
      • Ideals (values, goals) tied to actionable physical behaviors and digital triggers
    • Information encoding
      • Physical markers signaling contextual relevance
      • Digital attributes mapped to physical objects for easier association
  4. Contextual Information Markers
    • Types of markers
      • Spatial markers for location-based context
      • Object-level markers identifying individual items within spaces
    • Visual Displays
      • Subtle, non-intrusive indicators for users in physical contexts
      • AR or screen-based interfaces for clear representation of markers
  5. Navigating Contexts
    • Independent browsing of physical spaces
      • Interaction models for exploring spaces regardless of user location
    • Digital object placement
      • Setting virtual objects in specific physical locations for later retrieval
      • Synchronization between physical and digital contexts
  6. Remote Access Points
    • Features of remote access
      • Allowing users to interact with spaces and objects from afar
    • Context-based filtering for relevance in remote operations
  7. Non-Obtrusive Notifications
    • Interaction with situated objects
      • Context-aware notifications tied to physical objects
      • Notifications designed to be subtle and relevant without interrupting focus