Meaningful Control

This project created a novel mechanism to control devices and interact with a smart home. Using a wrist-worn sensor to track hand gestures used alongside devices like Google Homes and existing switches and remotes.

We sought to gain greater insight into the currently passive interactions in the home. Constructing a mechanism to track smart home device events, composing them into interactions. We saw an opportunity to develop more meaningful control in the home by exploiting the most favourable aspects of each (voice, gestural and physical). For example, combining a traditional lightswitch interaction with gestural control our system allows us to control the colour or brightness of a bulb by rolling of the wrist.