scholarly journals Introduction to Intelligent User Interfaces (IUIs)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nauman Jalil
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Current User ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
Intelligent User Interfaces ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
New Situation

This chapter is intended to provide an overview of the Intelligent User Interfaces subject. The outline includes the basic concepts and terminology, a review of current technologies and recent developments in the field, common architectures used for the design of IUI systems, and finally the IUI applications. Intelligent user interfaces (IUIs) are attempting to address human-computer connection issues by offering innovative communication approaches and by listening to the user. Virtual reality is also an emerging IUI area that can be the popular interface of the future by integrating the technology into the environment so that at the same time it can be more real and invisible. The ultimate computer interface is more like interacting with the computer in a dialog, an interactive environment of virtual reality in which you can communicate. This chapter also explores a methodology for the design of situation-aware frameworks for the user interface that utilizes user and context inputs to provide details customized to the activities of the user in particular circumstances. In order to comply to the new situation, the user interface will reconfigure itself automatically. Adjusting the user interface to the actual situation and providing a reusable list of tasks in a given situation decreases operator memory loads. The challenge of pulling together the details needed by situation-aware decision support systems in a way that minimizes cognitive workload is not addressed by current user interface design.

Investigating a Virtual Reality-based Emergency Response Scenario and Intelligent User Interface for First Responders

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 2114-2118
Author(s):  
Randall Spain ◽  
Jason Saville ◽  
Barry Lui ◽  
Donia Slack ◽  
Edward Hill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Intelligent User Interfaces ◽  
Intelligent User Interface

Because advances in broadband capabilities will soon allow first responders to access and use many forms of data when responding to emergencies, it is becoming critically important to design heads-up displays to present first responders with information in a manner that does not induce extraneous mental workload or cause undue interaction errors. Virtual reality offers a unique medium for envisioning and testing user interface concepts in a realistic and controlled environment. In this paper, we describe a virtual reality-based emergency response scenario that was designed to support user experience research for evaluating the efficacy of intelligent user interfaces for firefighters. We describe the results of a usability test that captured firefighters’ feedback and reactions to the VR scenario and the prototype intelligent user interface that presented them with task critical information through the VR headset. The paper concludes with lessons learned from our development process and a discussion of plans for future research.

Lookable User Interfaces and 3D

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-137
Author(s):  
Alan Radley
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Apparent Distance ◽  
User Interface Design ◽  
Perspective View ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Individual

A new philosophy of user interface design is described. Named the “Lookable User Interface,” or LUI, the approach is based on the concept of a Personal Reality (PR) system. Here the computer adapts to the user's worldview in a personalized way, and according to the specific requirements, behaviors, and perceptive skills of the individual. Typically, a PR system creates and adjusts (in real-time) 3D perspective view(s) of a data-set, including (potentially) the field of view of a scene and the apparent distance and scale of objects, whilst also creating an aesthetic “eye-friendly” context for computing operations. A Lookable User Interface (LUI) affords the maximum degree of visual accessibility to digital content. The authors examine the results of testing a Lookable User Interface. Spectasia is one example of a Personal Virtual Reality (PVR) that can be used to visualize links between universals and particulars within digital worlds.

Lookable User Interfaces and 3D

2015 ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Alan Radley
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Apparent Distance ◽  
User Interface Design ◽  
Perspective View ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Individual

A new philosophy of user interface design is described. Named the “Lookable User Interface,” or LUI, the approach is based on the concept of a Personal Reality (PR) system. Here the computer adapts to the user's worldview in a personalized way, and according to the specific requirements, behaviors, and perceptive skills of the individual. Typically, a PR system creates and adjusts (in real-time) 3D perspective view(s) of a data-set, including (potentially) the field of view of a scene and the apparent distance and scale of objects, whilst also creating an aesthetic “eye-friendly” context for computing operations. A Lookable User Interface (LUI) affords the maximum degree of visual accessibility to digital content. The authors examine the results of testing a Lookable User Interface. Spectasia is one example of a Personal Virtual Reality (PVR) that can be used to visualize links between universals and particulars within digital worlds.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality Training Applications in Industry - Towards a User-friendly Application Design

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Benjamin Knoke ◽  
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Moritz Quandt ◽  
Michael Freitag ◽  
Klaus-Dieter Thoben
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Electrical Safety ◽  
Industrial Training ◽  
Current State ◽  
Vr Training ◽  
User Friendly

The purpose of this research is to aggregate and discuss the validity of challenges and design guidelines regarding industrial Virtual Reality (VR) training applications. Although VR has seen significant advancements in the last 20 years, the technology still faces multiple research challenges. The challenges towards industrial VR applications are imposed by a limited technological maturity and the need to achieve industrial stakeholders' technology acceptance. Technology acceptance is closely connected with the consideration of individual user requirements for user interfaces in virtual environments. This paper analyses the current state-of-the-art in industrial VR applications and provides a structured overview of the existing challenges and applicable guidelines for user interface design, such as ISO 9241-110. The validity of the identified challenges and guidelines is discussed against an industrial training scenario on electrical safety during maintenance tasks.

scholarly journals A new user interface for a text proofreading web portal in a digitization and crowdsourcing context

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Pietro Murano
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Task Time ◽  
Degree Of Control ◽  
Mass Digitization ◽  
Empirical Experiment ◽  
Satisfaction Measures

Purpose This paper aims to present a new user interface design for text proofreading portals in a digitization and crowdsourcing context. Several of the current proofreading portals lack usability in their user interfaces. The aim of the new design is to increase user performance and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach An empirical experiment has been conducted to evaluate the new user interface as a comparison with 18thConnect – TypeWright proofreading portal. Two of the main measures involved times and errors and this approach is considered to be good for these kinds of measures allowing a good degree of control. Nevertheless, personal opinions are also very important and these are elicited by means of a post-experiment questionnaire. Findings The data were statistically analysed and overall the new user interface helped users to perform better in terms of task time. Errors were also better with the new user interface, but the differences were not statistically significant. Furthermore, users were more satisfied with the new user interface. User satisfaction measures were mostly statistically significant. Originality/value As far as has been ascertained, there have been no systematic studies evaluating a new design with an existing design of a proofreading portal. Therefore, this research is considered to be original, and if implemented widely, it would be very valuable to the mass digitization aims.

A Global Process for Model-Driven Approaches in User Interface Design

2012 ◽  
pp. 219-234
Author(s):  
Sybille Caffiau ◽  
Patrick Girard
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
User Interface Design ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Iterative Development ◽  
Advanced User ◽  
Interactive Application

In user interface design, model-driven approaches usually involve generative solutions, producing interface by successive transformations of a set of initial models. These approaches have obvious limitations, especially for advanced user interfaces. Moreover, top-down design approaches (as generative approaches are) are not appropriate for interactive application development in which users need to be included in the whole design process. Based on strong associations between task models and dialogue models, the authors propose a global process, which facilitates the design of interactive applications conforming to their models, including a rule-checking step. This process permits either to start from a task model or a user-defined prototype. In any case, it allows an iterative development, including iterative user modifications, in line with user-centered design standards.

User Interface Consistency in the DECwindows Program

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 259-263
Author(s):  
Michael Good
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Major Goal ◽  
Interface Consistency ◽  
Electronic Conferencing ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Innovative Techniques ◽  
Application Programs

A major goal of the DECwindows program is to provide a consistent, state-of-the-art user interface for workstation software.1 This interface extends across operating systems and many different types of application programs. Within the DECwindows program we have addressed both the technical and organizational aspects of developing consistent user interfaces across applications. Traditional methods for developing user interface consistency, such as the use of an interface style guide and toolkit, were supplemented with more innovative techniques. An exhibition and catalog of DECwindows application designs helped to develop a DECwindows school of interface design. Electronic conferencing software played an important role in facilitating communication among DECwindows contributors throughout the company. Preliminary user interviews suggest that the DECwindows interface style gives a consistent, usable feel to Digital's workstation applications.

Tool Sharpening: Designing a Human-Computer Interface

1985 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Fish ◽  
K. Gandy ◽  
D. L. Imhoff ◽  
R. A. Virzi
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Development Time ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Computer Interface ◽  
Human Computer Interface ◽  
Human Interface

In software engineering the argument in favor of using software tools to produce robust code is widely accepted. We maintain that the use of such tools is key to the engineering of effective user interfaces as well. Here we report on our experiences using a variety of tools to design a user interface, including cases where it was necessary to alter (sharpen) the tool in order to do the job properly. In addition to producing an effective interface, this approach led to shortened development time and far greater adherence to human systems engineering requirements. We believe that the long-term success of human interface specialists will depend on their ability to use and sharpen software tools to expedite the interface design process.

scholarly journals Exploring Limitations of User Interface Design to Understanding the Gap Between Technology and Seniors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Jingar ◽  
Helena Lindgren ◽  
Madeleine Blusi
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
User Interface Design ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
Touch Screen Devices ◽  
Society Today

Participating in social activities promotes healthy ageing, whereas loneliness and isolation are known to cause adverse effects on both physical and mental wellbeing. Technology that exists in society today can facilitate healthy ageing. However, a gap can be seen between seniors and technology in today’s internet and communication technological device’s user interfaces. Due to limited prior knowledge of interacting with touch screen devices, seniors sometimes have difficulties using them. This research aims to explore the user interfaces and their elements designed using a human-centered design methodology by involving seniors as activate participants in the design process. This work’s outcome can improve current user interface design practices in touch screen devices, which might be seen as contributing step to understand the gap between seniors and technology.

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