Ambient display using non-emissive color-changing textiles

Abstract

Currently, Internet provides much information about daily life, such as weather forcast, traffic information, etc. Therefore, it is important to present these information by suitable interface. We developed "Fabcell Partition" as an ambient interface with a textile module called "Fabcell", which fabric is dyed with liquid crystal ink and film heater, controlled by controle module via wireless network. We evaluated this "Fabcell Partition" from three perspectives a performance test for displaying specific colors, users' cognition on color separation and users' impressions compared with LCD Display. The results show the possibility of "Fabcell Partition" as an ambient display to provide various information.