AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
KEYWORDS
Smart Home, app, Connection
COUNTRY
Germany
DESIGNED BY
Valentin Heun, James Hobin, Pattie Maes, Benjamin F Reynolds, Eva Stern-Rodriguez, Michelle Suh, Marc Teyssier, Kevin Wong and Shuo Yan - MIT Media Lab
WEBSITE
http://www.realityeditor.org/
Reality Editor
New kind of tool for empowering you to connect and manipulate the functionality of physical objects
The Reality Editor is a new kind of tool for empowering you to connect and manipulate the functionality of physical objects. Just point the camera of your smartphone at an object built with the Open Hybrid platform and its invisible capabilities will become visible for you to edit. Drag a virtual line from one object to another and create a new relationship between these objects. With this simplicity, you are able to master the entire scope of connected objects.
The Reality Editor is a result of three years of MIT research.
The goal of the research is the creation of technology that grants the user maximum control by leveraging human strength such as spatial coordination, muscle memory and tool-making. For example, that light switch in your bedroom you always need to stand up in order to turn off—just point the Reality Editor at an object next to your bed and draw a line to the light. You have just customized your home to serve your convenience.