Komandor 2.0. The heart of the home universe

12.09.2011


97 325 m 2:01 People start the day with the TV. “What’s the weather like?” “Oh, not again. Tons of mail already”. A sudden call interrupts the morning news. It’s our friends. They’ll come tonight to see the photos from our trip to Italy. While we talk to them, the live broadcast is paused. Agreed on the time of their visit. Daddy is going to work now, the kids are off to school, and Mommy is set to jog. Today’s objective: 4 miles on a flat course. Mother chooses Richmond Park in London. Ads pop up along the way. Komandor runs ads for perfume, cosmetics and healthcare goods, because it knows Mom’s interested in all that. After the jog, it’s time for a Jamie Oliver show. He says this olive oil is great. Let’s add it to cart. The cart is waiting at the Supermarket. Previously added goods are already in the cart, but we also need some fruit. Bananas, oranges, a pineapple, some limes, apples and pears. Sounds like all. And we’ll order sushi in the evening. Later that night. The family and friends are all at home. “Let’s order sushi, shall we?” Everyone picks from the menu on the screen. “Shall we order now?” Since Komandor knows our address, we’ll let it tell the restaurant where we want our sushi. While sushi is on its way, let’s see those photos. “These are from our trip to Italy. This is the Colliseum, and here’s the Vatican”. “The crowds come down to St. Peter’s through metal detectors. We also walked around the Vatican”. “This is how they park around the Vatican. And, for that matter, everywhere else. Then we went to the Pantheon”. “Italians aren’t big on parking sensors”. “Here is a beautiful little red house near the Pantheon. Some say Nikolay Gogol lived here once. Could that be true?” “I don’t really know. I like the Pantheon more than the St. Peter’s. By the way, there’s a café around here, with the best cappuccino ever”. “No kidding?” “Why don’t we take a walk around town? I took the photos here, where shall we go?” “Here’s the place on Google. Where to next?” “It’s called Tazza D’Oro, it’s right here, just around the corner”. “It never occured to me to turn here”. “Ah, there it is”. Someone is calling on the buzzer. It’s the sushi delivery guy. “Come on in!” The party is over. The family sees their friends out, while Komandor goes to sleep, since no one is watching. It’s been a great night. We should do this again.
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Komandor 2.0 is the new heart of the home universe. This revolutionary device replaces a TV set, a DVD player and a computer in the living room.

Komandor 2.0 knows the family members by sight. It remembers their ways and preferences. With its help, the family watches films and TV, listens to music, reads news, checks weather and mail, orders food and buys groceries, does sports, talks to friends and more of the usual and not-so-usual things.

Today’s computer came into living rooms from the business environment where it served for many years as a personal assistant. Needless to say, after its transition to homes it remained personal.

However, business environment is very different from home, where people do things together, and a conventional personal computer isn’t much of a helper.

When several people are at the computer, someone still has exclusive control over it. He or she usually sits half-turned away from the screen and presses the buttons, while everyone else watches.

Personal computer at home is a small bit of the office. For other needs, a special multi-user computer is needed. And Komandor is there to claim the place.

Komandor 2.0 works on cutting-edge technologies, a new ecosystem for businesses, personalization, multi-user architecture and contextual advertising.

Controls

The bureau has taken the ideas behind the first Komandor’s controls to a more ideal level. The remote control is no more. Enter gestures.

The interface is based on five gestures:

scroll

zoom

point

select

cancel

Since Komandor 2.0 sees and recognizes people, it understands who is looking at it and who is waving hands. Accidental gestures won’t be read as commands – Komandor only responds to gestures from people looking at the screen.

The gesture-detecting camera and depth sensor are behind the logo in the center.

Users input text by writing on the screen and speaking:

Komandor only
recognizes spoken text
in speech mode,
to avoid accidental
commands.

Business

Komandor 2.0 is more than a device with great user interface. It creates a new ecosystem for traditional offline business. Entrepreneurs offer goods directly to those in charge of the house.

Personalization

The longer Komandor 2.0 lives in the family, the more it knows the family in person. It remembers its users, tracks their preferences and uses the data to deliver exactly what they would be interested in.

Advertising

Komandor 2.0 knows its users really well, so its advertising is more relevant, thus – more desirable.

		Dashboard All you need – at the wave of your hand:
		The day starts with the weather Family mailbox — local vandals won’t set it on fire, local spammers will stay out, no need to decide whose personal e-mail to give to an online store. Accurate time: quarter to five The calendar automatically schedules movies and restaurants based on online ticket purchases and table reservations

About the project

Komandor 2.0 is a concept of efficient system designed at Artem Gorbunov Design Bureau. We integrated the scenarios of family life with business. Put together, they are capable of transforming the futuristic concept of a home computer into a real household product. Left behind the scenes is the navigation system and nuances of gesture-based controls designed for the product.

Home computing is one of the bureau’s key interests. Our research will continue.

Art directed and designed by Artem Gorbunov

Led and designed by Nikolay Toverovskiy

Brought to life with Javascript by Artem Polikarpov

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