Research
Notes on place, attention and privacy
Long-form writing from the Artty.ai team — how on-device spatial cognition works, what dwell and desire lines tell a curator, and how crowd build-up can be read before it becomes a safety incident.
2026-08-27
On-device spatial cognition and why it avoids identity capture
How Artty builds location, orientation, proximity and viewing angle into contextual interest on the visitor’s own device — and why that architecture means no cameras, no identity, and no personal data leaving the phone.
2026-08-27
What dwell and desire-line data actually tells a curator
Dwell, skip and return patterns mapped to objects and rooms — and how desire lines reveal the hang a curator intended versus the route visitors actually walk.
2026-08-27
Reading crowd build-up before it becomes a safety incident
How density trends, pinch points and service demand can be read as they form — so stewards and operations act before a queue becomes a crush risk.