Pneuxels, a network of programmable inflatables, placed at remote sites, allow visitors in one site to perceive the presence of visitors in other sites, promoting thereby a sense of collective awareness and place-making. Pneuxels (Pneumatic Pixels) are pneumatically actuated pixels, connected through a web-socket platform, that change their physical state based on input from other Pneuxels, from the environment, or from users.