MIT Media Lab: Glass Infrastructure
Overview
2010: at the MIT Media Lab, we (a team of people from Viral Communications, Information and Design Ecology) are building what we called the “Glass Infrastructure.” Essentially, it is a network of 30+ Samsung touchscreens (each is over 40-inch) to be deployed throughout the Media Lab buildings. The goal is to create a next-generation visitor experience by designing these components:
- Identification and Location Services - we use RFIDs throughout the lab.
- Exploration - how to help visitors explore the hundreds of demos/projects/people with ease.
- Personalization - allow visitors to collect items and “carry” them from screen to screen.
- Social Exchange - multiple visitors can view and exchange items.
- Visibility and Continuity - live visualization around the Lab to draw attention and incentives, after-event portfolio report to let visitors learn of details of their visits.
Slides:
Screen Explorer
“Your Icon” UX:
Wall Mount Example
Standalone Mount Example:
Hardware Parts:
Leaderboard:
RFID Samples:
Architecture (v1.0):
People using the screens:
