The Future of Working

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The Future of Working

• EasyLiving/ASI Highlights Images and Captions
  for the Microsoft Museum

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Working with Large Amounts of Information on a
Wall Display

• A users information is displayed within a 3D
  user interface on a wall-display. (A) Icons for
  frequently contacted colleagues are arranged by
  project while (B) files are segregated by project
  and time. (C) A summary of new information,
  sorted by criticality, as well as a todo list are
  shown superimposed over the information
  collection. (D) Related links for each item are
  easily accessed.

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Working Together

• During collaboration a (A) compact representation
  each persons information space appears with only
  public information shown.
• Each user points and looks at items in the
  information space, before speaking, thus
  indicating that their speech should be
  interpreted as dictation. (B) Visual cues show
  that changes are flagged as tentative until they
  are accepted by both people.

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Working from Home

• A person working from home engages in an
  augmented video- teleconference with a (A)
  colleague at the office. The various PCs,
  sensors, displays, and devices are integrated
  with the existing home environment. For example,
  (B) switch plates near the door of each room show
  the privacy-state of each room, and provide
  simple touch-screen interfaces to common room
  controls.
• (C) The room is aware of where people are and
  automatically switches to use the best video feed.

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Working in a more Comfortable Place Dynamic
Following

• Sometimes we may want to change where we are
  working. Here a person working from home has
  decided to tele-collaborate while fixing lunch
  for the kids. (A) The system has automatically
  moved the appropriate video feed to the kitchen
  and has (B) simplified the display to accommodate
  the smaller display and noisier environment.

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Working in a Crowded Environment

• A person working from home engages in an
  augmented video- teleconference with a (A)
  colleague at the office. (B) People who are not
  actually part of the meeting are automatically
  obscured. (C) Documents in each persons
  environment are labeled via on-screen overlays.
• During the conversation, (D) video insets show
  what the kids are up to in other parts of the
  house and the (E) outgoing video.

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Working, Sharing, and Revising

• (A) A participant at a meeting makes suggested
  changes, including sketches, via a handheld PC.
  (B) Items can be dragged from the handheld
  device to the wall display.
• (C) Remote participants are shown in a peripheral
  region.

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Working on the Move - Public Kiosks

• In the future, outdoor kiosks could be made sport
  3D holographic displays.
• Here a person walks up to a public kiosk and is
  greeted with personalized information, in this
  case a (A) collection of news stories,
  hierarchically arranged. (B) The person places
  their handheld computer next to the kiosk so that
  information flows from the kiosk into the
  handheld computer.