TrainRoulette: promoting situated in-train social interaction between passengers

Authors:
Tiago Camacho;Marcus Foth;Andry Rakotonirainy
Affiliations:
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Travelling by public transport is usually regarded as boring and uninteresting. Refraining from talking to the stranger next to you may be due to limitations that are self-imposed and further corroborated by social expectations and cultural norms that govern behaviour in public space. Our design research into passenger interactions on board of urban commuter trains has informed the development of the TrainRoulette prototype -- a mobile app for situated, real-time chats between train passengers. We study the impact of our design intervention on shaping perceptions of the train journey experience. Moreover, we are interested in the implications of such ICT-mediated interactions within train journeys for stimulating social offline interactions and new forms of passenger engagement.