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Orli
Physical Prototyping

Timeline
4 Weeks
(Spring 2024)Programs
Adobe AE
Arudino
Figma
Rhino
Skills
3D Modeling
Experience Design
Interaction Design
Physical Prototyping

 OverviewOrli is an interactive desk lamp that reflects AI’s behavior in response to our digital habits. Orli makes the invisible nature of AI visible, communicates through behavior, intentionally irks the user, and provides self-determined limits for AI usage. The lamp, an everyday object, dynamically responds to digital interactions, symbolizing AI’s ubiquity and making its usually invisible activities tangible. By using motion and light to reflect AI’s actions and states, we aimed to visualize AI's integration into daily routines and provoke reflection on its implications.



Final Experience





Research Question





Investigating, understanding, and/or materializing personal modes of engagement with AI in our daily lives through new forms of probe, prototype, and/or speculative design.


Approach









User Journey




Creative Technology




Physical Prototyping

We created a physical prototype for the lamp through 3D printing. Utilizing Arduino, servo motors are interlinked at the base to create rotational and directional movement. A linear activator was also attached for vertical movement. An LED ring was also placed inside the lamp to emit color. For the snooze interaction, an ultrasonic sensor senses the presence of the hand. For each interaction, we coded the relevant movement and colors of each behavior.

Interactions

1. Widget

The experience starts with a customizable widget on your personal device. This widget serves as a place to track your AI usage and set up your personal restrictions.



2. Active

How does AI behave? In the active state, the lamp comes alive when AI usage is detected on your device.  




3. Passive


How did I work with AI today?  The lamp emits a cycle of light reflecting your past AI usage.




4. Reflective

How have I worked with AI over time? Observe your overall statistics and reflect on the amount of AI present in your daily lives. We thought of this widget to act similarly to features like “screentime”.

Lamp Behaviors


Pulse (Breathing)

The experience starts with a customizable widget on your personal device. This widget serves as a place to track your AI usage and set up your personal restrictions.

Expand & Contract (deep breathing)

How does AI behave? In the active state, the lamp comes alive when AI usage is detected on your device.  

Search (curious)


How did I work with AI today?  The lamp emits a cycle of light reflecting your past AI usage.

Alert (overwhelmed)

How have I worked with AI over time? Observe your overall statistics and reflect on the amount of AI present in your daily lives. We thought of this widget to act similarly to features like “screentime”.