Overview
- Contributes a series of empirical studies of technology situated in public settings
- Offers a design framework for performance or performance-like scenarios in which technology is deployed
- Explores issues of spectatorship, orchestration, performance and participation with and around technology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)
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Interaction with computers is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous and public affair. With more and more interactive digital systems being deployed in places such as museums, city streets and performance venues, understanding how to design for them is becoming ever more pertinent. Crafting interactions for these public settings raises a host of new challenges for human-computer interaction, widening the focus of design from concern about an individual's dialogue with an interface to also consider the ways in which interaction affects and is affected by spectators and bystanders.
Designing Interfaces in Public Settings takes a performative perspective on interaction, exploring a series of empirical studies of technology at work in public performance environments. From interactive storytelling to mobile devices on city streets, from digital telemetry systems on fairground rides to augmented reality installation interactive, the book documents the design issues emerging from the changing role of technology as it pushes out into our everyday lives.
Building a design framework from these studies and the growing body of literature examining public technologies, this book provides a new perspective for understanding human-computer interaction. Mapping out this new and challenging design space, Designing Interfaces in Public Settings offers both conceptual understandings and practical strategies for interaction design practitioners, artists working with technology, and computer scientists.
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“Reeves’ book is a great outcome of his PhD, and is relevant to many scenarios and digital infrastructures that people deploy or are involved with every day. … Reeves recognizes that many bridges exist between humans and computers, and the resources that align perspectives from all of the stakeholders are paramount. … he presents a valid survey that is well worth looking at if you are interested in human-computer interaction (HCI). Do not overlook this book.” (Alyx Macfadyen, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2011)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Stuart Reeves is a Research Fellow at Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham. He is interested in the design of interactive technologies situated in public and semi-public settings, with particular focus on issues such as spectatorship. In his work he has been involved in developing, deploying and evaluating interaction in a variety of settings such as museums and galleries, crowded urban locations, and artistic or performance events taking place anywhere from city streets to dedicated venues.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Designing Interfaces in Public Settings
Book Subtitle: Understanding the Role of the Spectator in Human-Computer Interaction
Authors: Stuart Reeves
Series Title: Human–Computer Interaction Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-265-0
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-264-3Published: 07 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2622-5Published: 25 February 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-265-0Published: 04 January 2011
Series ISSN: 1571-5035
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4477
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 196
Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computer Applications, Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities