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BCSHCI
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Designing a head-up game for children
Head-Up Games [19,20] attempt to combine the technological benefits of modern electronic games with the social and physical advantages of traditional games. To demonstrate this co...
Koen Hendrix, Guo Yang, Dirk van de Mortel, Tim Ti...
BCSHCI
2007
13 years 10 months ago
eKISS: sharing experiences in families through a picture blog
Contemporary family life can be very stressful and many families are often busy and separated by time or distance. Physical separation makes it difficult to maintain an awareness ...
Thomas Dalsgaard, Mikael B. Skov, Bo Ramsdahl Thom...
BCSHCI
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Sonic gems: exploring the potential of audio recording as a form of sentimental memory capture
This paper presents an exploratory study exploring the potential of audio recording as a form of sentimental memory capture. Drawing on data from four family households, we spotli...
Gerard Oleksik, Lorna M. Brown
BCSHCI
2007
13 years 10 months ago
Docile avatars: aesthetics, experience, and sexual interaction in Second Life
Second Life, a participant-created multi-user virtual environment (MUVE), gained sudden media acclaim in 2006. Prior to that, the world was developing many of the characteristics ...
Shaowen Bardzell, Jeffrey Bardzell
BCSHCI
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Effect of fidelity in diagram presentation
The visual fidelity (fidelity) of a design diagram affects perception and design performance. Hand-drawn diagrams are more effective working documents for early design tasks such ...
Louise Yeung, Beryl Plimmer, Brenda Lobb, Douglas ...
BCSHCI
2007
13 years 10 months ago
"The devil you know knows best": how online recommendations can benefit from social networking
The defining characteristic of the Internet today is an abundance of information and choice. Recommender Systems (RS), designed to alleviate this problem, have so far not been ver...
Philip Bonhard, Martina Angela Sasse, Clare Harrie...
BCSHCI
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Influencing users towards better passwords: persuasive cued click-points
Usable security has unique usability challenges because the need for security often means that standard humancomputer-interaction approaches cannot be directly applied. An importa...
Sonia Chiasson, Alain Forget, Robert Biddle, Paul ...
BCSHCI
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Motivation for adopting emergency response technology in community settings
My dissertation work focuses on the motivation for adopting emergency response technology in community settings. The main purpose of my study is to understand various factors that...
Philip Fei Wu
BCSHCI
2007
13 years 10 months ago
A survey on common practice in designing audio in the user interface
The current practice of designing the auditory mode in the user interface is poorly understood. In this survey, we aim at revealing the common understanding of the role of audio i...
Christopher Frauenberger, Tony Stockman, Marie-Luc...