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• Overview for New Visitors
• Photos and videos
• Other iRoom Deployments
• Announcements mailing list
• Contact/Directions

Research Areas Detail

• Software Infrastructure
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Graphics and Large Displays
• 1st Retreat, June 2000
• 2nd Retreat, Oct. 2001
• 3rd Retreat, Oct. 2002
• 4th Retreat, Oct. 2003
• iWork-related Course Projects

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• Download software
• Developer mailing lists
• Documentation

For Students/Researchers

• iLunch Schedule
• Conferences of Interest
  (maintained by Adrian Friday)
• Help Wanted

Stanford Interactive Workspaces Project Overview

Meyer TeamSpace makes iRoom technology available to all Stanford students

The Stanford Interactive Workspaces project is exploring new possibilities for people to work together in technology-rich spaces with computing and interaction devices on many different scales. We have chosen to focus on augmenting a dedicated meeting space with technology such as large displays, wireless/multimodal I/O devices, and seamless integration of mobile and wireless "appliances" including handheld PC's.  We concentrate on task-oriented work such as brainstorming meetings and design reviews (rather than entertainment, personal communication, or ambient information).

This cross-disciplinary project is staffed by faculty and students from the Interactivity Lab, Software Infrastructures Group, and Graphics Lab; our experimental facilities are also used as applications testbeds by the Stanford Learning Lab, Wallenberg Global Learning Network (WGLN), Stanford Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), and the Program in Writing and Rhetoric.

We have built an experimental research facility called the iRoom, located in the Gates Information Sciences Building at Stanford. We believe the iRoom is representative of "Weiserian" ubiquitous computing spaces within the task domains we are addressing. We are actively pursuing research on the intersection of HCI and systems problems that arise in deploying, operating and developing applications and human interfaces for an iRoom, including:

• Multi-device, multi-user applications
• Multimodal and fluid interaction
• Reusable, robust, and extensible system software for deploying COTS-based ubiquitous computing environments like our own
• integration of large (wall-sized) displays with advanced visualization capabilities into an iRoom
• integration of computing "appliances" including PDA's, scanners, digital cameras, etc. into an iRoom

We explicitly focus on reusable system software and the ability to integrate "legacy" off-the-shelf applications and systems, and encourage others to build on our work; our software is freely available for download, although we recommend some familiarity with the research before attempting to use it.  Following are some pointers to get you started quickly.

Suggested Destinations for Visitors (from high-level to detail-level)

1. Get the big picture by reading this project overview article.
2. See photos, videos and demos related to the project, including screen shots, room construction photos, and video demos of some iRoom technology in action.
3. Annotated bibliographies for HCI, System Software, and the Mural.
4. See all recent publications (since 2000).

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