Thesis - Abstract
Virtual closet is an interactive tool for people to organize an ‘imaginary’ closet space where users can add or remove things. By exploring Virtual closet, users can measure how efficiently they have been using physical space, as well as learn how-to plan buying, organizing and throwing things out when needed.
This project aims to educate people who believe they are ‘hoarding’ or buying things impulsively often, resulting insufficient space in their house.
The interface consists of both physical device and screen-based graphic. Multiple storage bins with RFID reader attached and tagging device which can embed RFID inside represent physical form. On a graphic interface, users should be able to track what kind of items are stored in each bin, as well as ‘traffic’ of in & out of closet contents.
Later on, Virtual closet can also include more portable, mobile version of graphic interface which can be an iPhone application because of the importance of ‘immediacy’ for users to acquire the ‘data’ when they need. For example, taking pictures of things in closet could be easily done by mobile phone’s embedded camera, rather than using typical digital camera and usb cable combination.
In this thesis, I develop a way to maintain a good perspective for people who seriously takes their real-life frustration, that is a ever-growing unnecessary belongings more than the actual needs.