Promoting intergenerational communication through location-based asynchronous video communication

  • Authors:
  • Frank R. Bentley;Santosh Basapur;Sujoy Kumar Chowdhury

  • Affiliations:
  • Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, IL, USA;Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, IL, USA;Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We describe the design and field evaluation of the Serendipitous Family Stories system, a web and mobile service that allows for videos to be saved in user-specified real-world locations, shared with friends and family, and then serendipitously discovered as those people approach the location of a story. Through a twenty-participant field evaluation, we discovered how this new form of location-based asynchronous communication can be used to strengthen family relationships by encouraging communication across generations and enhancing users' relationships with everyday places in their lives.