User Interfaces

BCozy (Desktop Application)

Managing your devices in a menu structure is a well known approach but can end up really bad when dealing with too many entries and levels. Since inhabitants are perfectly familiar with the physical structure of their environment we thought about using such representation for the management and control purpose. Therefore, we developed BCozy to organize and control your smart environment via a 2D map. More Details about BCozy

BComfy (Android App)

This Android app can be used create a 3D representation of your environment. When scanning our rooms and your devices, their shape and arrangement are stored within the bco database. Afterwards those information are used as baseline for automation routines and the visualization purpose. Once the 3D information are available, BComfy augments the smartphone camera view with virtual control elements. Those augmented reality interface is especially useful to maintain your environment. Checkout battery levels and sensor events in real time while walking through your home. More Details about BComfy

INFO

Because the augmented reality framework is build on top of Google Tango, BCozy is currently limited to Android devices with Tango support. Developer with knowledge about AR Core are highly welcome to join our taskforce to port BComfy to the AR Core Framework.