Ubiquitous computing: by the people, for the people

  • Authors:
  • Ali Ndiwalana;C. M. Chewar;Jacob Somervell;D. Scott McCrickard

  • Affiliations:
  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '03 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

One of the challenges in building and evaluating ubiquitous computing systems emanates from the fact that they generally have been built to showcase technological innovation without considering how to foretell whether and how people will eventually accept them in their lives. In this study, participants are introduced to the notion of ubiquitous computing via a scenario-centric presentation including basic everyday objects imbued with some computational power to convey information. Through a detailed survey, participants provide feedback relating to their impressions, rating the performance of each interface on a number of metrics and making comparisons between the ubiquitous and desktop interfaces. We inspire them to think of new ways to use existing ubiquitous interfaces to support their current and possible information needs, as well as better interfaces that can convey this information.