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BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
Initial explorations into the user experience of 3D file browsing
We present an initial exploration into the usability of 3D file browsing. To explore the 3D file browsing technique design space, we analyzed the existing literature and developed...
Anamary Leal, Chadwick A. Wingrave, Joseph J. LaVi...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
Photo displays and intergenerational relationships in the family home
In this paper we describe a design-orientated field study in which we deploy a novel digital display device to explore the potential integration of teenage and family photo displa...
Abigail Durrant, Alex S. Taylor, David M. Frohlich...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
Design alter egos: constructing and employing fictional characters in collaborative design sessions
The paper presents a novel approach to collaborative design of educational software with students, one that asks the participants for the formation and use of fictional characters...
George Triantafyllakos, George Palaigeorgiou, Ioan...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
See the apple of my eye: baby storytelling in social space
People use media-sharing web sites to document their lives and those of their children for maintaining and strengthening social ties with people living away. It is clear then that...
Nazean Jomhari, Victor M. Gonzalez, Sri H. Kurniaw...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
How do people find information on a familiar website?
Previous research has investigated how people either navigate the web as a whole, or find information on websites of which they have little previous knowledge. However, it is now ...
Roy A. Ruddle
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
A vision-based system for display interaction
This paper presents a system for interaction with a display via hand pointing, where a single CCD camera on top of the screen is directed towards the viewers. An attention mechani...
Björn Stenger, Thomas Woodley, Tae-Kyun Kim, ...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
Narrative, memory and practice: tensions and choices in the use of a digital artefact
This paper reports on research into the use of SenseCam, a wearable automatic camera. Household members were given multiple SenseCams to enable an exploration of how the device wo...
Siân E. Lindley, Dave W. Randall, Wes Sharro...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
Paper-based mixed reality sketch augmentation as a conceptual design support tool
This undergraduate student paper explores usage of mixed reality techniques as support tools for conceptual design. A proof-of-concept was developed to illustrate this principle. ...
G. J. D. dos Santos, Elisabeth M. A. G. van Dijk, ...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
"A little silly and empty-headed": older adults' understandings of social networking sites
This study suggests reasons for the absence of a growing proportion of the population, the so-called baby boomers, from the otherwise highly popular social networking sites. We ex...
Vilma Lehtinen, Jaana Näsänen, Risto Sar...
BCSHCI
2009
14 years 17 days ago
Putting the physical into the digital: issues in designing hybrid interactive surfaces
Hybrid surfaces are interactive systems combining techniques of direct-manipulation multi-touch surface interaction with elements of tangible user interfaces (TUIs). The design sp...
David S. Kirk, Abigail Sellen, Stuart Taylor, Nico...