Video Window

A video camera mounted on a ten-metre fishing pole is attached to the roof of one’s house, with the view displayed on a screen indoors which is always left on.  The result is a new kind of window for the home, offering an enhanced view, but one with its own characteristics (lens flare, enhanced night-time vision occasional swaying in the wind) and maintenance requirements. Originally devised by one of the team, Bill Gaver, for his own home, it is an early example of autobiographical design research.

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Date: 2006

A photograph of the Video Window on a shelf in the home of a participant
A photograph of the Video Window camera on the top of a long poll at the rear of a participant's home