Abstract. The significant price drops in large LCD panels have led to a massive proliferation of digital public displays in public spaces. Most of these displays, however, simply show some form of traditional advertising, such as short commercials, animated presentations, or still images. Creating content that ex-plicitly takes the particular location and surroundings of a space into account, in order to increase its relevance for passers-by, is typically infeasible due to the high costs associated with customized content. We argue that the concept of au-topoiesic content (i.e., self-generative content) could significantly increase the local relevance of such situated public displays without requiring much custom-ization efforts. As a sample application, this position paper outlines the concept and architecture of Funsquare, a large public display system that uses autopoi-esic content to facilitate social interaction.    «

Abstract. The significant price drops in large LCD panels have led to a massive proliferation of digital public displays in public spaces. Most of these displays, however, simply show some form of traditional advertising, such as short commercials, animated presentations, or still images. Creating content that ex-plicitly takes the particular location and surroundings of a space into account, in order to increase its relevance for passers-by, is typically infeasible due to the high costs associa...    »