Turn on the lights: investigating the Inspire voice controlled smart home system
Heleen Boland, et al., Philips Electronics
Extra to paper in D. de Waard, K.A. Brookhuis, R. van Egmond, and Th. Boersema (Eds.) (2005), Human Factors in Design, Safety, and Management (pp. 105 - 120). Maastricht, the Netherlands: Shaker Publishing.
Gas Lamps

Figure 1. The dining room with the «talking head» screen and the table lamp.

Figure 2. The puppet-sock as implementation of the «talking head» metaphor

Figure 3. The living room with the two standing lamps

Figure 4. The researcher acting as the wizard in the observation room.