v-IoT -Life Support Information Provision System Using Mixed Reality Technologies-:shandy

The miniaturization and decreasing cost of networking computers, along with the advancement of cloud infrastructure has eased the implementation of it in commercial products. Additionally, as a result of the rising demand for edge computing, the field of IoT has evolved. IoT devices nowadays are not only limited to collecting data, but are able to actively send life-supporting information to the users. However, it is difficult to give such function to the simple products like daily necessities, thus having devices such as Smart Speakers providing wide variety of information.
In this research, we propose v-IoT system, the approach which add information-giving functions to consumables such as plastic bottles using mixed reality technology. This system will determine the information and the action suggested the user to take based on the Affordance of the object. The closest associable pairs of suggested action and object will be determined with reference to the Associative Concept Dictionary, enabling v-IoT to offer a notification system that is apparent and intelligible.
The preliminary experiment was conducted to evaluate the user’s perspective of the impression and usability when being informed by the v-IoT system, and the performance-based evaluation with focus to expressiveness and workload required from the designer’s perspective. The result showed effectiveness in the transparency of the information for users, however when the object in mind for the user does not coincide with the object suggested by the system, the evaluation from users showed poor results. Therefore a improvement of system was made by recognizing and taking in account of the users’activity alongside the Associative Concept Dictionary. This thesis discloses the specifics of the v-IoT system, the improved system, and a follow-up evaluation on the user’s perspective.