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Designing interactive interfaces by keeping the natural beauty of public places

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UbiComp/ISWC '19 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

Pages 969 - 972

https://doi.org/10.1145/3341162.3349316

Published: 09 September 2019 Publication History

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Natural, public places in cities serve often as a place for recreation and relaxation. Additionally, such places often signify historic and social importance about which visitors would like to know more. Screens and other currently existing technology would, however, destroy the natural beauty of such a place. Attention-aware and unobtrusive interfaces seem to offer a solution to this problem. In our approach, we conducted a qualitative survey with 19 people and an epoché at a decommissioned cemetery which is mainly used for recreation and leisure time. Overall, the results show that the majority would like to know more about the deceased with the information closely placed to the grave, but without disturbing the natural, mystical atmosphere of the cemetery. In this work in progress report, we present our research approach to attention-aware, unobtrusive and context-sensitive interactive prototypes that keep the natural beauty and recreational characteristics of such a place.

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Hirsch LHild FObaid M(2022)Design Recommendations for Historical Cemeteries Using Speculative DesignProceedings of the 25th International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/3569219.3569378(147-157)Online publication date: 16-Nov-2022
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UbiComp/ISWC '19 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

September 2019

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DOI:10.1145/3341162

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Kwok TKiefer PRaubal M(2023)Unobtrusive interaction: a systematic literature review and expert surveyHuman–Computer Interaction10.1080/07370024.2022.216240439:5-6(380-416)Online publication date: Feb-2023
https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2022.2162404
Hirsch LHild FObaid M(2022)Design Recommendations for Historical Cemeteries Using Speculative DesignProceedings of the 25th International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/3569219.3569378(147-157)Online publication date: 16-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3569219.3569378
Hirsch LButz A(2021)Blend in or Pop Out? Designing an Embedded Interface for a Historical CemeteryHuman-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 202110.1007/978-3-030-85613-7_40(635-645)Online publication date: 30-Aug-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-85613-7_40
Hirsch LWakkary RAndersen KOdom WDesjardins APetersen M(2020)Unobtrusive Interfaces for Historical and Culturally Sensitive PlacesCompanion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3393914.3395825(521-525)Online publication date: 6-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3393914.3395825

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