1) People at the coffee shop staring the window every few minutes. This can be whether due to either taking time away from looking at the computer monitor or if they notice some movement that has no bearing on their space. They are not people watching per say, just a natural reflex after staring at the monitor for too long. It's a way to engage in the wider world and mentally decompress.
2) One virtual/physical solution is to provide additional environmental data that is more rich that merely than what you see directly. It could be an random abstraction of the the physical environment or provide data in a subtle way like upcoming weather or the state of traffic in the region. Definitely beats using the small screen of the computer or smartphone.
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