The Video Window is a video screen hanging next to a window on my bedroom wall, showing the image from a camera mounted to show the skyline from outside the same window. This chapter describes the appeal of living with such a system, and the intermingled aesthetic, utilitarian and practical issues involved in its creation and the experience it offers.
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Gaver, W.W. (2009). The Video Window: My Life with a Ludic System. In: Harrison, S. (eds) Media Space 20 + Years of Mediated Life. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-483-6_16
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