Stylized ambient displays of digital media collections

► New approach to structuring user media collections, and sequencing content for display from those collections. We have developed a hierarchical approach to clustering and navigating visual media collections (images, videos). The Digital Ambient Display (DAD) now transitions between content by moving through a tree-each node contains a cluster of media items that share semantics and/or visual similarity. The walk through the tree is stochastic, and partly guided by user interest that is measured using a built-in camera on the DAD. This passive interaction for guiding transitions is also novel with respect to our NPAR paper. Novel material in Sections 3 and 5. ► User study exploring the efficacy of the content sequencing. We measure user engagement with the DAD using attention monitoring technology, and compare the level of engagement with a random slideshow. A paired t-test indicates more a engaging display results from our content sequencing approach. Novel material in Section 6.2.