Peripheral telecommunications: supporting distributed awareness and seamless transitions to the foreground

Authors:
Yosuke Kinoe;Jeremy R. Cooperstock
Affiliations:
Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan;Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Venue:
ICOST'07 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Smart homes and health telematics
Year:
2007

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Abstract

We consider two problems related to communication between geographically distributed family members. First, we examine the problem of supporting peripheral awareness, in order to improve both emotional well-being and awareness of family activity. This is based on a field study to determine the role and importance of various peripheral cues in different aspects of everyday activities. The results from the study were used to guide the design of our proposed augmented communications environment. Second, we consider the choice of mechanism to facilitate the on-demand transition to foreground communication in such an environment. The design suggests an expansion of Buxton's taxonomy of foreground and background interaction technologies to encompass a third class of peripheral communications.