Corus: A Holographic Candle System with Intuitive Gestural Interaction and Ambient Feedback to Promote Co-Sleeping

Abstract

Corus is a concept for a holographic candle system that helps cohabitating couples become more synchronized in their sleep routines. The components of our proposed system design are a main candle in the bedroom and other "satellite" candles around the home. In our proposed design, holographic candles will offer calming notification and ambient feedback. Users will also be able to interact with the candles through natural, intuitive, and form-specific gestural inputs, as well as through a mobile app. These proposed inputs and ambient feedbacks are integral to Corus. Moving forward, we would like to explore how our proposed interactions work in real home environments, further prototyping the inputs and feedbacks using Leap Motion and more sophisticated hologram projection.