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Everyday Experiments

Everyday Experiments

How will tomorrow’s technologies redefine the way we live at home?

Themes

Through a range of experiments in a set of unique themes, we explore ways to enhance our interactions with space and improve our everyday lives.

Explore Theme

Sustainability + Circularity

Re-imagining life at home within the boundaries of our planet.

1 New experiment

Explore Theme

Lifestyle + Well-being

Exploring new ways to see and use our homes to elevate our mood and well-being.

6 New Experiments

Explore Theme

Privacy + Trust

Challenging the way we think about safety and security at home.

4 New Experiments

Explore Theme

Play + Learn

Transforming the home into a playground for creativity and learning.

Explore Theme

Design + Organize

Finding novel ways to make the most out of what we already have.

Private Collection

AR
Object Detection
Web Technologies

What if technology would be more mindful of your personal space?

Built by — CIRG

CIRG is a German invention design company that creates culture driven technologies for humans and machines to evolve together. We specialize in interactive research, experimental software, and product invention.

Private Collection is a technical prototype for an app which would allow you to choose between different levels of abstraction to mask sensitive personal information encountered in augmented reality (AR) applications within the home. Technology in the home is exciting, but comes with a lot of questions about your personal security and privacy. Private Collection addresses these questions.

'Using dynamic abstraction, books, documents, faces, people, windows and doors can be detected. The user can then select the level of abstraction intuitively.'

—CIRG

The information can be personalised to be anything from whole spaces, objects and other people. The idea is to showcase that treating people's data with respect does not exclude the use of intelligent AR applications in the home. In contrast, it can be leveraged to create more personal and trustful relationships between people and service providers.

'Trust is fundamentally about sharing controls between all entities involved, over time.'

For this experiment, CIRG worked with machine learning based image segmentation techniques to identify humans, pets, doors, windows, images and objects. For better visual treatment of images and videos, they used human pose estimation, allowing them to get higher accuracy detecting the nuances of the human body. They were then able to extract all of these entities from the footage and to allow users to adjust their individual abstraction levels. The visual treatment would apply a tunable filter, creating an effect that literally 'paints' over the extracted entities in a soft and silky, watercolour-like way, blending in with domestic environments.

'Our homes are the most private spaces. Any application that is supposed to be used in these environments should be designed to behave like a respectful guest.'

—CIRG

The user can decide what types of objects or people should be automatically abstracted. By long-pressing any one of these abstracted objects or people, the user would be presented with a slider to let them manually configure the level of abstraction for that particular selection. Maybe there are things they actually want to share, but that would be up to them.

'To establish trust we need to give users the option to have more control over their data.'

Everyday Experiments is a project by SPACE10 & IKEA.

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Updatables

ML, AI, AR, Evolutionary Algorithm

Kaleidoscopic Home

AR, Procedurally Generated Content

Forever Meadow

AR, Procedurally Generated Content

The Algorithmic Chef

Machine Learning, Object Detection

Virtual Oasis

AR, ML, Spatial Audio

Convolution Reverb

Spatial audio, Spatial Mapping, IoT

Mood Blossom

GAN, AI, AR

Sound Bubbles

Spatial audio, IoT

Digital Buddy

AR, Machine Learning, Natural Human Interaction

Chain of Traceability

Object Recognition, Augmented Reality, Blockchain

Invisible Roommates

AR, IoT

Studio

AR, Spatial Mapping

Optical Soundsystem

AR, Spatial Audio, Spatial Mapping

Extreme Measures

Spatial Mapping, AR, Object Detection

Shelve It

AR, Spatial Awareness, 3D Reconstruction

Spatial Instruments

Spatial Audio, AR, Object Detection

Home Applications

Screenless Interfaces, Web Technologies, IoT

Neverending Catalogue

GAN, Procedurally Generated Content

Light Filters

AR, Spatial Mapping, Deep Learning

Fort Builder

AR, Spatial Mapping, Occlusion

Techno Carpenter

VR, GAN, Hand Tracking, Spatial Interaction Design

Point and Repair

Object Detection, AR, Screenless Interfaces

Room Shuffle

Machine Learning, Spatial Mapping, Object Detection

Private Collection

AR, Object Detection, Web Technologies

Spatial Embodiment

VR, Natural Human Interaction, Gaze Tracking, Voice

Hidden Characters

Object Detection, AR, Spatial Computing

Room Editor

GAN, AR, Diminished Reality

Home Puzzle

Spatial Mapping, 3D Reconstruction, Object Detection

Magic Flatpack

AR, VR, World-Scale

Light Gestures

Screenless Interfaces, Gesture Tracking, IoT

Browse Experiments

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Updatables

What if your furniture could evolve itself to stay relevant?

ML
AI
AR
Evolutionary Algorithm

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Kaleidoscopic Home

What if you could turn your home into an ever-evolving playground?

AR
Procedurally Generated Content

View Experiment

Forever Meadow

What if you could walk in a sanctuary without leaving your home?

AR
Procedurally Generated Content

View Experiment

The Algorithmic Chef

What if artificial intelligence could write you a personalised cookbook?

Machine Learning
Object Detection

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Virtual Oasis

What if augmented reality could transport you into a meditative retreat?

AR
ML
Spatial Audio

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Convolution Reverb

What if spatial audio could turn your living room into the colosseum?

Spatial audio
Spatial Mapping
IoT

View Experiment

Mood Blossom

What if a flower could help you understand your feelings?

GAN
AI
AR

View Experiment

Sound Bubbles

What if you could use sound to create silence?

Spatial audio
IoT

View Experiment

Digital Buddy

What if you had a companion to help you navigate the complexities of the digital world?

AR
Machine Learning
Natural Human Interaction

View Experiment

Chain of Traceability

What if the objects you own could share their entire history with you?

Object Recognition
Augmented Reality
Blockchain

View Experiment

Invisible Roommates

What if you could see how your devices were actually communicating?

AR
IoT

View Experiment

Studio

What if you could turn your smartphone into a democratic design tool for your home?

AR
Spatial Mapping

View Experiment

Optical Soundsystem

What if you could see the way music travels around your home?

AR
Spatial Audio
Spatial Mapping

View Experiment

Extreme Measures

What if an elephant could measure the size of your space?

Spatial Mapping
AR
Object Detection

View Experiment

Shelve It

What if you could design the perfect shelf simply by looking at a wall?

AR
Spatial Awareness
3D Reconstruction

View Experiment

Spatial Instruments

What if your home could be played like a musical instrument?

Spatial Audio
AR
Object Detection

View Experiment

Home Applications

What if you could teach an old home a few new tricks?

Screenless Interfaces
Web Technologies
IoT

View Experiment

Neverending Catalogue

What if generative algorithms could dream up your new bedroom ?

GAN
Procedurally Generated Content

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Light Filters

What if you could see the effect of light before deciding on a lamp?

AR
Spatial Mapping
Deep Learning

View Experiment

Fort Builder

What if you could build a fort without making a mess?

AR
Spatial Mapping
Occlusion

View Experiment

Techno Carpenter

What if algorithms could help design your next favorite chair?

VR
GAN
Hand Tracking
Spatial Interaction Design

View Experiment

Point and Repair

What if your furniture could tell you how it’s feeling? 

Object Detection
AR
Screenless Interfaces

View Experiment

Room Shuffle

What if you could see the true potential of your space?

Machine Learning
Spatial Mapping
Object Detection

View Experiment

Private Collection

What if technology would be more mindful of your personal space?

AR
Object Detection
Web Technologies

View Experiment

Spatial Embodiment

What if virtual reality allowed us to be more playful with our furniture?

VR
Natural Human Interaction
Gaze Tracking
Voice

View Experiment

Hidden Characters

What if you could bring your living room to life?

Object Detection
AR
Spatial Computing

View Experiment

Room Editor

What if you could try out a new couch, without moving your old one?

GAN
AR
Diminished Reality

View Experiment

Home Puzzle

What if you could rearrange your home from the couch?

Spatial Mapping
3D Reconstruction
Object Detection

View Experiment

Magic Flatpack

What if your closet was a shortcut to different corners of the world?

AR
VR
World-Scale

View Experiment

Light Gestures

What if your hand gesture spoke to a light fitting?

Screenless Interfaces
Gesture Tracking
IoT

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Everyday Experiments

Everyday Experiments

How will tomorrow’s technologies redefine the way we live at home?

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