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# Scene-Recreating Surveillance Surfaces
The GravitySpace Floor Senses Objects Within a Room

By Gil Cohen | Published 2013-01-29 | Art & Design
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gravityspace-floor
References: [likecool](http://www.likecool.com/GravitySpace_smart_floor--Furniture--Home.html) & [hpi.uni-potsdam.de](http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/baudisch/projects/gravityspace.html)

Using smart technology created by the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany, the GravitySpace floor is a revolutionary way to infuse high-tech features into the interior design of a home or other building.

The smart floor tracks the movement of people and objects in a room through the use of its high-resolution, pressure-sensitive surface that can calculate the positioning and geometry of items in direct contact with it. The pressure-sensitive surface appears like a mirror, reflecting the layout of the room, but it is actually presenting a [reconstruction of the scene](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-home-render) based on its data. With this conceptual technology, people can keep track of room layouts and any movement that even [surveillance cameras](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sculptural-surveillance) could miss.

Without encroaching on space, the GravitySpace floor visualizes scenes within a room.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 0.8/10
- Popularity: 13% | Activity: 2% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Smart-floor Integration:** Opportunities for businesses in interior design and architecture to incorporate this technology for its innovative features.
- **Revolutionizing Surveillance:** Potential for the security industry to innovate and create new, more efficient means to monitor areas for commercial and home security.
- **Precision Sensing Technology:** Opportunities within sensor manufacturing industries to create similar devices used for precision, highly-sensitive data collection and reconstruction.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Interior Design and Architecture:** Industry experts can adapt the GravitySpace floor to create a tech-integrated interior design aesthetic for modern homes and buildings.
- **Security and Surveillance:** Businesses in the security and surveillance industry can consider ways to utilize new, innovative technology like the GravitySpace floor to improve observation efficiency and accuracy.
- **Sensor Manufacturing:** Opportunities in sensor manufacturing industries to focus on precision and high-sensitivity sensor technology for specialized use-cases, such as the GravitySpace floor.

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