xSeal
Currently, many of the so-called smart furniture and home appliances assume that users need to wear some device or perform unnatural actions (for example, deliberate gestures or issuing voice commands). In this research, we achieve the effect of making furniture seem intelligent by attaching small devices with built-in speakers and sensors. This allows users to receive supportive messages that assist in daily living from the furniture itself, without the need for wearing any special devices, simply by using the furniture as usual.
Demo movie
This project was conducted when Miyata worked for NTT Service Evolution Laboratories.