{"id":66696,"date":"2019-03-29T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=66696"},"modified":"2019-03-28T16:47:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T20:47:48","slug":"cambridge-library-installation-gives-readers-control-of-their-sensory-space-schoenbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/03\/29\/cambridge-library-installation-gives-readers-control-of-their-sensory-space-schoenbaum\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge library installation gives readers control of their sensory space [Schoenbaum]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cambridge library installation gives readers control of their sensory space<\/strong> <\/a>— from cambridge.wickedlocal.com by Hannah Schoenbaum<\/p>\n

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A luminous igloo-shaped structure in the front room of the\u00a0Cambridge Public Library<\/a>\u00a0beckoned curious library visitors during the snowy first weekend of March, inviting them to explore a space engineered for everyone, yet uniquely their own.<\/p>\n

Called \u201cAlterspace\u201d and developed by Harvard\u2019s\u00a0metaLAB<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Library Innovation Lab<\/a>, this experiment in adaptive architecture granted the individual control over the sensory elements in his or her space. A user enters the LED-illuminated dome to find headphones, chairs and an iPad on a library cart, which displays six modes: Relax, Read, Meditate, Focus, Create and W3!Rd.<\/p>\n

From the cool blues and greens of Relax mode to a rainbow overload of excitement in the W3!Rd mode, Alterspace is engineered to transform its lights, sounds and colors into the ideal environment for a particular action.<\/p>\n

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From DSC: <\/span>
\nThis brings me back to the question\/reflection…in the future, will students using VR headsets be able to study by a brook? An ocean? In a very quiet library (i.e., the headset would come with solid noise cancellation capabilities build into it)?\u00a0 <\/em>This type of room\/capability would really be helpful for our daughter…who is easily distracted and doesn’t like noise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cambridge library installation gives readers control of their sensory space — from cambridge.wickedlocal.com by Hannah Schoenbaum Excerpts: A luminous igloo-shaped structure in the front room of the\u00a0Cambridge Public Library\u00a0beckoned curious library visitors during the snowy first weekend of March, inviting them to explore a space engineered for everyone, yet uniquely their own. Called \u201cAlterspace\u201d and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354,53,390,394,72,8,286,9,32,210,141,419,180,46,432,102,7,559,228,87,327,423,199,23,256,382,69,309,196,66,89,50,460,195,321,312,253,11,824,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-av-audiovisual","category-accessibility-udl","category-architecture","category-attention","category-daniel-s-christian","category-digital-audio","category-digital-learning","category-digital-video","category-education-technology","category-emerging-technologies","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-k-12-related","category-learner-profiles","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-hubs","category-learning-preferences","category-learning-spaces","category-library-librarians","category-love-of-learning","category-more-voice-more-choice-more-control","category-multimedia","category-music","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-personalizedcustomized-learning","category-platforms","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-technology-general","category-tools","category-united-states","category-user-experience-ux","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning","category-vision-possibilities","category-xr-extended-reality","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66703,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66696\/revisions\/66703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}