Awareness within work environments should not be seen limited to only the important work-related information, activities and relationships. Mediating somewhat casual and more engaging encounters related to non-work acts could also lead to more meaningful and pleasurable experiences. PANORAMA Project explores different approaches to support mediated social awareness within work environments. PANORAMA is an intelligent, interactive, artistically inspired large screen display in the staff room of our Computer Science department, which attempts to mediate non-critical, non-work related information about the staff-members in an engaging manner to enhance social awareness within the department. The PANORAMA system transforms implicit and explicit inputs from the staff members into an artistic representation to display the contextual information for supporting engagement, exploration and playfulness. The PANORAMA Project uses the 'intelligence' aspect to focus on broader issues to support more valuable and personally meaningful experiences.

associate(s)

• Dhaval Vyas -- (information) -- dvyas@few.vu.nl
• Zeljko Obrenovic -- (information) -- Zeljko.Obrenovic@cwi.nl
• Marek van de Watering -- (information) -- rvdwate@few.vu.nl
• Si Yin -- (information) -- syin@few.vu.nl

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