Dynamic coloured lighting: An interaction concept for the creation and control of atmospheres at home

Dynamic coloured lighting: An interaction concept for the creation and control of atmospheres at home

Hartog, M.

De Ridder, H. (mentor)
Van Mourik, F. (mentor)
Cuppen, R.P.G. (mentor)
Berkvens, W.A.H. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Design for Interaction

2010-06-22

This thesis is about a project on dynamic coloured lighting and the atmospheres that can be created with such lighting. The graduation project for Philips and TU Delft consisted of two parts. A literature study showed that very little information is available on people’s preferences regarding dynamic lighting. Therefore an extensive user study was carried out in the first part of the project, to find out what the specific requirements are that people have with regard to dynamic lighting settings. The goal was to find out what needs and wishes people have concerning dynamics in light atmosphere creation. In two sessions of the user study the participants were shown a large quantity of dynamic lighting settings in a living room environment and were asked to judge these settings on preference and naturalness. The quantitative analysis of the data gathered showed interesting trends in preference regarding the different dynamic settings. Interviews were held with the participants after each setting and these provided information for a qualitative analysis. Colour and speed are concluded to be the most important parameters that people want to change when it comes to dynamic settings. Also, the more a dynamic setting resembles a natural setting, the more it is preferred. The correlation between preference and naturalness is high (r=0.645). The results and conclusions of the quantitative and qualitative analyses were used in the second part of the project. The goal of this second part was to develop an interaction concept for the creation and control of dynamics in light atmospheres. The most important focus point was the usability; to make sure that people are able to interact with the concept in an easy and intuitive way. A partially functioning digital prototype was created which was used in evaluation sessions. From the evaluation sessions can be concluded that the proposed concept is generally appreciated. Recommendations are however given to further improve the concept. The relevance of this thesis lies in both parts of the project. The user study provides important insights in an area which is still largely uncovered. It functions as a fundament in the analysis of the perception of dynamic lighting. The concept functions as a showcase of what can be done with knowledge on dynamic lighting. Because the concept is generally appreciated it can function as a starting point for the development of interaction concepts for the creation and control of dynamic lighting settings at home.

dynamic lighting
atmospheres
interaction concept
coloured light

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:acf2e118-2b0d-475e-8058-757d20773db8

2011-06-22

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2010 Hartog, M.