[HTML][HTML] Calm technologies in a multimedia world
A Tugui - Ubiquity, 2004 - dl.acm.org
Ubiquity, 2004•dl.acm.org
… This paper briefly presents some dimensions of the concept of calm technology against
the multimedia background of tomorrow's world. … A calm technology will move easily from
the periphery of our attention, to the center, and back. This is fundamentally calming, for two
reasons. First, by placing things in the periphery we can attune to many more things than we
could if everything is at the center. Thus the periphery is informing without overburdening. …
the multimedia background of tomorrow's world. … A calm technology will move easily from
the periphery of our attention, to the center, and back. This is fundamentally calming, for two
reasons. First, by placing things in the periphery we can attune to many more things than we
could if everything is at the center. Thus the periphery is informing without overburdening. …
In an ideal world, computers will blend into the landscape, will inform but not overburden you with information, and make you aware of them only when you need them.
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