[jsingleton]

I believe the term for things like this is an 'information radiator'. The benefit of ambient displays is they're always on so you don't need to seek any information out. It's just there.

They're quite popular in the agile community. Digital signage and wallboards everywhere. The downside is you can become conditioned to them and not notice things over time.

This is quite old but sums is up: https://www.atlassian.com/wallboards/information-radiators.j...

[pluma]

You mean like a wall clock?

[jsingleton]

Yes, but why just stop at one clock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-MxGvtK2Bk

[shitlord]

Take them with you wherever you go!

https://i.imgur.com/9tTFJdh.jpg

[pluma]

Like a portable wall clock? A port-a-clock if you will? What a brilliant idea. We could affix it to a strap of leather so you can carry it around your waist. Given a few years we could probably make it so small you could wear it on your wrist!