Spotz: a location-based approach to self-awareness

  • Authors:
  • Misha Sra;Chris Schmandt

  • Affiliations:
  • MIT Media Lab., Cambridge, MA;MIT Media Lab., Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • PERSUASIVE'13 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Persuasive Technology
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper introduces the location-based mobile application Spotz that explores the persuasive qualities of sharing location information visually to promote behavior change. Spotz encourages users to become self-aware of the kinds of places they visit which can have motivational properties deriving from social feedback. The app displays a continually evolving graphic of relatively sized circles depicting the number and type of places at which the users check-in, including the option to upload this visual to social media.