"The Telepresence of Furniture in Extended Reality"
In the current issue of ACM INTERACTIONS MAGAZINE, Brown University Assistant Professor of Practice, Ian Gonsher MFA 06 FD presents a collection of prototypes developed at the intersection of robotics, ubiquitous computing, and furniture design.
These design research projects, developed in collaboration with Computer Science, Engineering, and RISD students, explore alternative paradigms for “spatial computing,” away from so called “face computers” and wearables, towards the integration of extended reality and telepresence directly into furniture and the built environment. These design research projects also call attention to inequalities between local and remote telepresence users, and offer a viable alternative away from the dominant paradigm of personal devices towards the development of extended reality infrastructure as a public good.
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