It is hard to feel "at home" in a world where millions of people are in continual movement from one city, country or even continent to another, We can't help but wonder as to what is the minimum required to be carried along so that one feel at home anywhere? How much of this required minimum can be…
It is hard to feel "at home" in a world where millions of people are in continual movement from one city, country or even continent to another, We can't help but wonder as to what is the minimum required to be carried along so that one feel at home anywhere? How much of this required minimum can be digitized and delivered on-demand via mobile phones? How much can be arranged as temporary services (service-on-demand) or temporary possession (possession-on-demand) via implemented user-centric services for mobile platforms. Can there be kitchen-on-demand, car-on-demand, bedroom-on-demand etc.? Can sense of "being-at-home" be fostered by endowing users with control over ambient characteristics of where one is? Can the ultra-mobile digitally extended subject be given such control over their environment using the mobile phone as the universal remote control of their changing environment, that is control over digital screens, control over digitally augmented urban furniture, control over qualities of their space including the thermo-perceptual, tactile, visual, audio, olfactory and aural characteristics of that space? These are the issues that this workshop is planned to address in form of a series of invited speakers, selected papers and idea generation sessions whereas participants exchange their visions and collaboratively arrive at suggested solutions and scenarios.
