DICE: designing conference rooms for usability

Authors:
Gene Golovchinsky;Pernilla Qvarfordt;Bill van Melle;Scott Carter;Tony Dunnigan
Affiliations:
FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2009

Citing 10
Cited 1

Classroom 2000: an experiment with the instrumentation of a living educational environment

IBM Systems Journal
The Interactive Workspaces Project: Experiences with Ubiquitous Computing Rooms

IEEE Pervasive Computing
The challenges of user-centered design and evaluation for infrastructure

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Aura: an Architectural Framework for User Mobility in Ubiquitous Computing Environments

WICSA 3 Proceedings of the IFIP 17th World Computer Congress - TC2 Stream / 3rd IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture: System Design, Development and Maintenance
ICrafter: A Service Framework for Ubiquitous Computing Environments

UbiComp '01 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Patch Panel: Enabling Control-Flow Interoperability in Ubicomp Environments

PERCOM '04 Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom'04)
An EPIC enhanced meeting environment

Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM international conference on Multimedia
Building Connections among Loosely Coupled Groups: Hebb's Rule at Work

Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Supporting the unremarkable: experiences with the obje Display Mirror

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
AnySpot: Pervasive Document Access and Sharing

IEEE Pervasive Computing

Gaze awareness and interaction support in presentations

Proceedings of the international conference on Multimedia

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.01

Visualization

Abstract

One of the core challenges now facing smart rooms is supporting realistic, everyday activities. While much research has been done to push forward the frontiers of novel interaction techniques, we argue that technology geared toward widespread adoption requires a design approach that emphasizes straightforward configuration and control, as well as flexibility. We examined the work practices of users of a large, multi-purpose conference room, and designed DICE, a system to help them use the room's capabilities. We describe the design process, and report findings about the system's usability and about people's use of a multi-purpose conference room.