UbERBadge: Introduction

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UbER-Badge Introduction

• Ubiquitous Experimental Research Badge
• MIT Media Lab
• Responsive Environments Group
• Human Dynamics Group

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UbER-Badge Functionality

• Sensors
• Movement
• Audio
• Light
• Button
• Connectivity
• Event broadcasts
• Proximal groups
• Viral spread
• Display
• Scrolling text
• Animated icons
• Pager motor vibration

RF
IR
Return to the lobby
Mr. Smith is looking for you
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UbER-Badge Event Structure

• Participant registers
• Name, contact info, interests, badge number
• Participant wears a badge for the event
• Badge records sensor data
• Collect the badges, download data, perform
  analysis
• Email individual and conference-wide statistics

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UbER-Badge Real-time Interest

• Wearer can manually bookmark people and
  points-of-interest
• Badge can automatically determine interest from
  sensors (80 accuracy)
• Augment social interactions using interest

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UbER-Badge People Flow

• Fixed beacons are put on points-of-interest
• Badges and beacons record encounters with each
  other
• Analyze flow of people through venue

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UbER-Badge End

• Project www.media.mit.edu/resenv/badge
• Contact jgips_at_media.mit.edu
• Questions?
• Thanks!