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GpsTunes: controlling navigation via audio feedback

Published: 19 September 2005 Publication History

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We combine the functionality of a mobile Global Positioning System (GPS) with that of an MP3 player, implemented on a PocketPC, to produce a handheld system capable of guiding a user to their desired target location via continuously adapted music feedback. We illustrate how the approach to presentation of the audio display can benefit from insights from control theory, such as predictive 'browsing' elements to the display, and the appropriate representation of uncertainty or ambiguity in the display. The probabilistic interpretation of the navigation task can be generalised to other context-dependent mobile applications. This is the first example of a completely handheld location- aware music player. We discuss scenarios for use of such systems.

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MobileHCI '05: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices & services
September 2005
400 pages
ISBN:1595930892
DOI:10.1145/1085777
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  1. GPS
  2. audio
  3. hand-held
  4. location-aware
  5. manual control

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