Liminal: adjective
  Latin limin-, limen threshold
    1 : a sensory threshold
    2 : a transitional or initial stage of a process.
    3 : situated at a limen, occupying a position on, or on both sides
       of a boundary or threshold.

The Liminal Devices group aims to create experiences and technologies that examine the threshold between virtual and physical reality and between our inner and outer states of awareness.

As mobile, wearable technology advances there will be increasing opportunities to engage in the physical world while coexisting in other times and places. In addition, access to multiple forms of communication, information, entertainment and creative expression will be greatly expanded. Can we design simultaneous realities that allow us to see and sense more than the world in front of us in ways that will enhance rather than overwhelm?

We address this challenge by:

  - Utilizing biosignals and position to define subtle and intimate
    interface paradigms for mobile devices.
  - Developing eyewear that includes displays embedded in lenses
    for intimate, personal experiences,
  - Designing physical environments that mix real and virtual elements
    for both intimate and shared experiences in public areas

Key Area of Interests

  - mobile, wearable technology,
  - mixed and simultaneous realties (mixing real and virtual),
  - subtle /private interaction (intimate interfaces),
  - input paradigms for mobility, position and biosensors,
  - private and public displays (eyeglass displays, various
    display technologies),
  - interactive experiences (games/art/entertainment)