ONTRACK: Dynamically adapting music playback to support navigation

Authors:
Matt Jones;Steve Jones;Gareth Bradley;Nigel Warren;David Bainbridge;Geoff Holmes
Affiliations:
Future Interaction Technology Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Wales, Swansea, UK;Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand;Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Venue:
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Listening to music on personal, digital devices whilst mobile is an enjoyable, everyday activity. We explore a scheme for exploiting this practice to immerse listeners in navigation cues. Our prototype, ONTRACK, continuously adapts audio, modifying the spatial balance and volume to lead listeners to their target destination. First we report on an initial lab-based evaluation that demonstrated the approach's efficacy: users were able to complete tasks within a reasonable time and their subjective feedback was positive. Encouraged by these results we constructed a handheld prototype. Here, we discuss this implementation and the results of field-trials. These indicate that even with a low-fidelity realisation of the concept, users can quite effectively navigate complicated routes.