Fake it ’til you find it: Fabulating unseen participant dynamics

The Smart Home from All Angles This story will be experienced through the eyes of a range of characters.We will begin with Jack, our main character and primary user of the household's technology.Jack wakes up and switches off his alarm.His phone calls out to do a randomised set of push-ups, which he complies with.He goes downstairs and switches on the lights using an application on his phone.His mother, Susan, is already downstairs.Jack enters the kitchen and turns on the kettle.Under his feet is a mat designed for balance activities, and he completes the activities while waiting for the kettle to boil.The display presents a happy face, and he finishes making his cup of tea.He makes his grandson's breakfast at the same time, leaving it on the kitchen counter by the kettle.Jack moves to the living room, where he engages with an activity game delivered via Alexa."Dad, open the fridge!"Jack hears from the kitchen, and opens up the override on his phone, deactivating the lock.As he stops to take a drink, the Alexa unit begins to answer questions asked by Jack's young grandson, Sam.Jack gives up on the game and finishes his drink.He thinks about trying the TV-based fitness game he has installed, but his daughter Ashley is watching the TV and refuses to give it up.He unlocks his smart lock on the front door using his phone, and ushers Sam out the door to go to school, locking the door behind him but leaving the physical key in case Susan needs it.Ashley is woken up by Jack's phone calling out a target number of push-ups.This is how she is awoken most mornings.She turns on her bedroom light via her phone, from which she has access to a subset of the house lights.She moves downstairs, and goes to make a cup of coffee to go with her breakfast.She stands on the balance mat but refuses to engage, with the display showing a sad face the entire time she stands waiting.She goes to get milk from the fridge for cereal, but her father has installed an RFID-controlled seal on the fridge since the cat learned to open it, and she left her bracelet at work.The override is on her father's phone."Dad, unlock the fridge!" she yells, and the door swings open.Ashley moves into the living room where her dad is playing a 'Simon Says' style game on the Alexa, and she sits down and turns on the TV while she enjoys her breakfast.Once Sam starts messing with the Alexa with some silly questions, Jack asks if he can use the TV to perform a game.Ashley tells him that this is her one day to have the TV in the morning and that if anything, he should tell Sam to stop messing about.He seems to accept this.Her father and son leave not long after, and Ashley engages in pleasant chit chat with her grandmother while watching TV.Ashley finishes her breakfast, and goes to leave, but the smart lock application has logged her out and she can't remember the