(Re)Engineering Cultural Heritage Contexts using Creative Human Computer Interaction Techniques and Mixed Reality Methodologies

Cultural Heritage ◽

Mixed Reality ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Virtual Space ◽

Interaction Patterns ◽

Interaction Techniques ◽

Current State ◽

The contribution of this research is to argue that truly creative patterns for interaction within cultural heritage contexts must create situations and concepts that could not have been realised without the intervention of those interaction patterns. New forms of human-computer interaction and therefore new tools for navigation must be designed that unite the strengths, features, and possibilities of both the physical and the virtual space. The human-computer interaction techniques and mixed reality methodologies formulated during this research are intended to enhance spatial cognition while implicitly improving pattern recognition. This research reports on the current state of location-based technology including Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) and GPS. The focus is on its application for use within cultural heritage as an educational and outreach tool. The key questions and areas to be investigated include: What are the requirements for effective digital intervention within the cultural heritage sector? What are the affordances of mixed and augmented reality? What mobile technology is currently being utilised to explore cultural heritage? What are the key projects? Finally, through a series of case studies designed and implemented by the author, some broad design guidelines are outlined. The chapter concludes with an overview of the main issues to consider when (re)engineering cultural heritage contexts.

HEURISTICS FOR AWARENESS SUPPORT IN GROUPWARE SYSTEMS

DYNA NEW TECHNOLOGIES ◽

10.6036/nt9980 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. [11 p.]-[11 p.]

Author(s):

MARÍA TERESA CEPERO GARCÍA ◽

LUIS GERARDO MONTANE JIMENEZ ◽

GUADALUPE TOLEDO TOLEDO ◽

EDGARD IVAN BENITEZ GUERRERO ◽

CARMEN MEZURA GODOY

Keyword(s):

Information Needs ◽

Cooperative Work ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Computer Supported Cooperative Work ◽

Collaborative Systems ◽

Evaluation Tool ◽

Consultation Process ◽

Awareness Support ◽

ABSTRACT: Groupware Systems (GS) or collaborative systems are software systems that support the development of activities in which a group of users interacts to combine their skills, abilities, and work to achieve a common goal. In this area, an important concept is awareness, which is the information that helps people be aware of events beyond their current tasks. This information makes smoother the use of a collaborative system, so it is a fundamental element in this kind of software. In the design and construction of these types of systems, heuristics are used as design guidelines that serve as a useful evaluation tool for product designers and usability professionals. The current heuristics and guidelines for the design of awareness support focus on supporting the awareness of the team in the shared workspace, without considering elements to support the information needs of the user's own and individual interaction within the workspace. To address this problem and to facilitate the design and integration of awareness support, we developed 13 heuristics that integrate principles of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Supported Cooperative Work to help groupware designers meet individual and team awareness needs. For evaluating the validity of the proposed heuristics, a structured and iterative consultation process was carried out with experts in Human-Computer Interaction and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. The proposed heuristics can help software engineers develop collaborative systems that integrate awareness information and satisfy users' contextual information needs. Keywords: Awareness, virtual groups, collaborative work, heuristics.

Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology - Technology-Enhanced Human Interaction in Modern Society ◽

Poiesis and Video Games for Adults

10.4018/978-1-5225-3437-2.ch009 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 182-199

Author(s):

Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra ◽

Jaqueline Alma ◽

Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra ◽

Jim Carré

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Video Games ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Interaction Process ◽

Interactive Design ◽

Usability Engineering ◽

The Social ◽

The first studies of the social sciences aimed at the videogames of the 80s and the methods to evaluate the usability engineering of the 90s have highlighted a set of positive and negative aspects in the human-computer interaction which go from the ergonomic aspects of the devices down to the motivations to draw the attention of the users in the interaction process. In this research we present the results reached with adult users in relation to the communicability and the usability in a classical videogame for PC. We also present the elements of interactive design which boost the poiesis in cultural heritage that the analyzed videogame contains.

Augmented Reality in Informal Learning Settings

Virtual and Augmented Reality ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5469-1.ch039 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 804-825

Author(s):

Eric G. Poitras ◽

Jason M. Harley ◽

Timothy Compeau ◽

Kevin Kee ◽

Susanne P. Lajoie

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Informal Learning ◽

Case Studies ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Role Playing ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Future Research ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Important Challenge

Cultural heritage sites and museums are faced with an important challenge – how best to balance the needs of engaging visitors in meaningful and entertaining experiences, while at the same time exploiting the affordances of exhibits for instructional purposes. In this chapter, we examine the use of augmented reality in the context of informal learning environments, and how this type of technology can be used as a means to enhance learning about history. The research case studies are reviewed in terms of the use of historical locations, experience mechanics, narrative/plot, and role-playing (the later two representing game-based elements) in the design guidelines of instructional activities and applications (Dunleavy & Dede, 2014). In doing so, we critique the theoretical, methodological, and instructional underpinnings of studies that evaluate augmented reality applications and draw several recommendations for future research in this field.

Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology ◽

Context-Awareness and Mobile Devices

10.4018/978-1-59904-871-0.ch013 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 205-217 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Anind K. Dey ◽

Jonna Häkkilä

Keyword(s):

Mobile Computing ◽

Ubiquitous Computing ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Context Awareness ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Context Aware ◽

Definition Of ◽

Mobile Context ◽

Context-awareness is a maturing area within the field of ubiquitous computing. It is particularly relevant to the growing sub-field of mobile computing as a user’s context changes more rapidly when a user is mobile, and interacts with more devices and people in a greater number of locations. In this chapter, we present a definition of context and context-awareness and describe its importance to human-computer interaction and mobile computing. We describe some of the difficulties in building context-aware applications and the solutions that have arisen to address these. Despite these solutions, users have difficulties in using and adopting mobile context-aware applications. We discuss these difficulties and present a set of eight design guidelines that can aid application designers in producing more usable and useful mobile context-aware applications.

Advances in Game-Based Learning - Handbook of Research on Serious Games for Educational Applications ◽

Augmented Reality in Informal Learning Settings

10.4018/978-1-5225-0513-6.ch013 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 272-293 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eric G. Poitras ◽

Jason M. Harley ◽

Timothy Compeau ◽

Kevin Kee ◽

Susanne P. Lajoie

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Informal Learning ◽

Case Studies ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Role Playing ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Future Research ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Important Challenge

Cultural heritage sites and museums are faced with an important challenge – how best to balance the needs of engaging visitors in meaningful and entertaining experiences, while at the same time exploiting the affordances of exhibits for instructional purposes. In this chapter, we examine the use of augmented reality in the context of informal learning environments, and how this type of technology can be used as a means to enhance learning about history. The research case studies are reviewed in terms of the use of historical locations, experience mechanics, narrative/plot, and role-playing (the later two representing game-based elements) in the design guidelines of instructional activities and applications (Dunleavy & Dede, 2014). In doing so, we critique the theoretical, methodological, and instructional underpinnings of studies that evaluate augmented reality applications and draw several recommendations for future research in this field.

Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces, Developments, and Applications - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

Sixth Sense Technology

10.4018/978-1-5225-0435-1.ch008 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 188-215 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zeenat S. AlKassim ◽

Nader Mohamed

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Image Processing ◽

Computer Vision ◽

Augmented Reality ◽

Gesture Recognition ◽

Real World ◽

Digital World ◽

The Future ◽

In this chapter, the authors discuss a unique technology known as the Sixth Sense Technology, highlighting the future opportunities of such technology in integrating the digital world with the real world. Challenges in implementing such technologies are also discussed along with a review of the different possible implementation approaches. This review is performed by exploring the different inventions in areas similar to the Sixth Sense Technology, namely augmented reality (AR), computer vision, image processing, gesture recognition, and artificial intelligence and then categorizing and comparing between them. Lastly, recommendations are discussed for improving such a unique technology that has the potential to create a new trend in human-computer interaction (HCI) in the coming years.

Measuring the appeal of mobility-augmented reality games, based on the innovative models of interaction: a case study

SN Applied Sciences ◽

10.1007/s42452-019-1763-y ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (12) ◽

Author(s):

Kai-Shuan Shen

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Interaction Model ◽

Grid Method ◽

Online Marketing ◽

Type I ◽

Quantification Theory ◽

Pokémon Go ◽

Design Characteristics ◽

AbstractThis study presents the issues why gamers prefer mobility-augmented reality games to other types of game and what specific characteristics cause them to invest a large amount of their time on tireless game-play. Furthermore, the appeal of mobility-augmented reality games was studied to solve the above mentioned issues. Then, how human–computer interaction based on mobility-augmented reality games was promoted to create a new marketing mode was explored. Then, Pokémon GO, as the worldwide major mobility-augmented reality game, was selected as the research target in this study. The researcher interviewed 9 experts, collected 235 Knasei words from 33 articles, and surveyed 335 gamers through a questionnaire to collect the data about users’ preferences. A preference-based study was believed to disclose the motivated reasons for the appeal of mobility-augmented reality games. The researcher analyzed the gathered Kansei concepts and questionnaires using the two-stage procedures, including evaluation grid method (EGM) and Quantification Theory Type I. During the first stage the hierarchy of the relationship among the types of appeal factors, the reasons for users’ preferences, and the explicit design characteristics of Pokémon GO present the semantic structure of appeal and were determined using EGM through the accumulation of the review of articles and the interviews of experts. During the second stage the strongest two original evaluation items of Pokémon GO are determined as “social interaction” and “scenario interaction” based on the statistical analysis of Quantification Theory Type I, and their corresponding “upper-level” and “lower-level” considerations are proved to have influence on them. Finally, the paper found that the popularity of Pokémon GO can be ascribed to the design of the innovative models of game interaction, which targets the psychological preferences of gamers. This means that the interaction model between a customer and an enterprise can be developed outside the box and a new type of marketing can be formed. The study proved that the innovative models of interaction successfully drove gamers’ motivations to play Pokémon GO. Designers and researchers of mobility-augmented reality games can absorb important information through this study. This study enriches the field of mobile communication, online marketing, and human–computer interaction in cyberspace.

Lines, triangles, and nets: A framework for designing input technologies and interaction techniques for computer-aided design

International Journal of Architectural Computing ◽

10.1177/1478077119887360 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 357-381

Author(s):

Emek Erdolu

Keyword(s):

Computer Aided Design ◽

Research Work ◽

Interaction Techniques ◽

Experimental Systems ◽

Multimodal Systems ◽

Alternative Systems ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Aided Design ◽

This article serves to the larger quest for increasing our capacities as designers, researchers, and scholars in understanding and developing human-computer interaction in computer-aided design. The central question is on how to ground the related research work in input technologies and interaction techniques for computer-aided design applications, which primarily focus on technology and implementation, within the actual territories of computer-aided design processes. To discuss that, the article first reviews a collection of research studies and projects that present input technologies and interaction techniques developed as alternative or complimentary to the mouse as used in computer-aided design applications. Based on the mode of interaction, these studies and projects are traced in four categories: hand-mediated systems that involve gesture- and touch-based techniques, multimodal systems that combine various ways of interaction including speech-based techniques, experimental systems such as brain-computer interaction and emotive-based techniques, and explorations in virtual reality- and augmented reality-based systems. The article then critically examines the limitations of these alternative systems related to the ways they have been envisioned, designed, and situated in studies as well as of the two existing research bases in human-computer interaction in which these studies could potentially be grounded and improved. The substance of examination is what is conceptualized as “frameworks of thought”—on variables and interrelations as elements of consideration within these efforts. Building upon the existing frameworks of thought, the final part discusses an alternative as a vehicle for incorporating layers of the material cultures of computer-aided design in designing, analyzing, and evaluating computer-aided design-geared input technologies and interaction techniques. The alternative framework offers the potential to help generate richer questions, considerations, and avenues of investigation.

Context-Awareness and Mobile Devices

Mobile Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch238 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 3222-3235 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anind K. Dey ◽

Jonna Häkkilä

Keyword(s):

Mobile Computing ◽

Ubiquitous Computing ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Context Awareness ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Context Aware ◽

Definition Of ◽

Mobile Context ◽

Context-awareness is a maturing area within the field of ubiquitous computing. It is particularly relevant to the growing sub-field of mobile computing as a user’s context changes more rapidly when a user is mobile, and interacts with more devices and people in a greater number of locations. In this chapter, we present a definition of context and context-awareness and describe its importance to human-computer interaction and mobile computing. We describe some of the dif- ficulties in building context-aware applications and the solutions that have arisen to address these. Despite these solutions, users have difficulties in using and adopting mobile context-aware applications. We discuss these difficulties and present a set of eight design guidelines that can aid application designers in producing more usable and useful mobile context-aware applications.