The next step in our project was to integrate our ideas of the interactive spaces in the environment of a real library to have a more detailed look at the specific setting of the particular technology solutions. For this purpose we created a three dimensional prototype, representing the real library.

We produced the prototype during two sessions, which together lasted 4-5 hours. We used foam boards for the bottom and the walls of the library as well as for some bookshelves and books. The figures and other furniture are Playmobil artifacts, which can be reused. Most of the screens and the augmenting are made of paper.

To get the right feeling about the library we tried to rebuilt some of the pictures given by the advisors of the course. Oriented on that we decided to separate the bookshelves from the entrance section and the public reading places. We installed our idea of information screens close to the entrance, to give the user a overview of the things going on at the library. The arrows on the floor are augmented and partly personalized. The blue arrows are pointing to the three main topic of the week, the red arrow is personalized for the user of the information kiosk.

To built the information kiosk we reused the playmobil fish bowl and added our own screen instead of a sticker with fishes on it. The information kiosk is placed near the bookshelves, because there the search results are the nearest. An alternate position could be the information desk at the entrance. If a lot of people are waiting for the librarian to get information, the waiting time can be shortened by using our system.

The augmented table is an idea we came up with during the construction of the prototype. The idea is based on the exploration table and adds the idea of augmentation inspired by Microsofts IllumiRoom. The table not only shows information on the touch-screens, it also shows for example the direction books related to a topic are placed by augmenting arrows pointing in that direction. The beamer is represented by a black.colored Playmobil glas of wine.

First we only installed our first idea of augmented books by using a opened Playmobil book and again a glas of wine as beamer. But during the discussion about the prototype another type of augmented book was developed. The highlighted book to support the navigation from the information kiosk to the selected book. The main idea for the highlighting arose from the sunlight gathered at the artifact collection.

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