Ledo, DavidGreenberg, SaulMarquardt, NicolaiBoring, Sebastian2015-02-182015-02-182015-02-18http://hdl.handle.net/1880/50351Remote controls facilitate interactions at-a-distance with appliances. However, the complexity, diversity, and increasing number of digital appliances in ubiquitous computing ecologies make it increasingly difficult to: (1) discover which appliances are controllable; (2) select a particular appliance from the large number available; (3) view information about its status; and (4) control the appliance in a pertinent manner. To mitigate these problems we contribute proxemic-aware controls, which exploit the spatial relationships between a person’s handheld device and all surrounding appliances to create a dynamic appliance control interface. Specifically, a person can discover and select an appliance by the way one orients a mobile device around the room, and then progressively view the appliance’s status and control its features in increasing detail by simply moving towards it. We illustrate proxemic-aware controls of various appliances through various scenarios. We then provide a generalized conceptual framework that informs future designs of proxemic-aware controls.engInformation interfaces and presentation (e.g.HCI): user interfaces - interaction stylesMobile Interaction, ubiquitous computing, proxemic-interaction, control of appliancesvideo2015-1069-0210.11575/PRISM/30738