Mobiphos: A study of user engagement with a mobile collocated-synchronous photo sharing application

  • Authors:

  • Nirmal Patel;James Clawson;Amy Voida;Kent Lyons

  • Affiliations:

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, 85 5th Street, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, 85 5th Street, Atlanta, GA, USA;University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4;Intel Research, 2200 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Photographs have always been artifacts for creating memories and engaging in storytelling activities with others. To date there has been much research in the HCI community towards sharing of both analog and digital photographs. With recent advances in network technology further research has been done with photos being shared almost immediately after capture. However, most of the research has focused on synchronous sharing with groups of distributed users and little has been done to focus on how synchronous capture and sharing could benefit a group of collocated mobile users. To help start exploration in this area we have created Mobiphos. In this article we present how synchronous capture and sharing affects how groups of mobile, collocated users engage with their environment and each other while touring a city. We also discuss the design guidelines of Mobiphos and the implications for future photoware for the mobile, collocated context.