AmbientBrowser: Web Browser for Everyday Enrichment

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“…Following this definition under consideration of the interactional, instructional, and informational aspects discussed in the presented conceptual framework several characteristics can be derived. Approaching the interactional aspect, ambient displays are characterised as informative appliances that are embedded into the physical environment (Brewer, Williams, & Dourish, 2007;Hazlewood, Connelly, Makice, & Lim, 2008;Hazlewood, Stolterman, & Connelly, 2011;Messeter & Molenaar, 2012;Minakuchi, Nakamura, & Tanaka, 2005;Ober-mair, Reitberger, Meschtscherjakov, Lankes, & Tscheligi, 2008;Pousman & Stasko, 2006;Reitberger, Obermair, Ploderer, Meschtscherjakov, & Tscheligi, 2007). Thereby the embedding is supported and fostered by an unobtrusive and peripheral design (Bonanni, 2006;Brewer et al, 2007;Ferscha, 2007;Hazlewood et al, 2008;Lamberty, Adams, Biatek, Froiland, & Lapham, 2011;Maan, Merkus, Ham, & Midden, 2011;Mankoff et al, 2003;Meschtscherjakov et al, 2008;Messeter & Molenaar, 2012;Minakuchi et al, 2005;Otjacques, McCall, & Feltz, 2006;Pousman & Stasko, 2006;Reitberger et al, 2007;Shen, Moere, Eades, & Hong, 2008;Stasko, Miller, Pousman, Plaue, & Ullah, 2004).…”

“…Approaching the interactional aspect, ambient displays are characterised as informative appliances that are embedded into the physical environment (Brewer, Williams, & Dourish, 2007;Hazlewood, Connelly, Makice, & Lim, 2008;Hazlewood, Stolterman, & Connelly, 2011;Messeter & Molenaar, 2012;Minakuchi, Nakamura, & Tanaka, 2005;Ober-mair, Reitberger, Meschtscherjakov, Lankes, & Tscheligi, 2008;Pousman & Stasko, 2006;Reitberger, Obermair, Ploderer, Meschtscherjakov, & Tscheligi, 2007). Thereby the embedding is supported and fostered by an unobtrusive and peripheral design (Bonanni, 2006;Brewer et al, 2007;Ferscha, 2007;Hazlewood et al, 2008;Lamberty, Adams, Biatek, Froiland, & Lapham, 2011;Maan, Merkus, Ham, & Midden, 2011;Mankoff et al, 2003;Meschtscherjakov et al, 2008;Messeter & Molenaar, 2012;Minakuchi et al, 2005;Otjacques, McCall, & Feltz, 2006;Pousman & Stasko, 2006;Reitberger et al, 2007;Shen, Moere, Eades, & Hong, 2008;Stasko, Miller, Pousman, Plaue, & Ullah, 2004). Apart from that ambient displays are characterised as addressing various forms of sensitive perception (Ferscha, 2007;Hazlewood et al, 2008;Maan et al, 2011;Mankoff et al, 2003;Meschtscherjakov et al, 2008;Pousman & Stasko, 2006), including vision, hearing, haptic, odour, and taste.…”

Beyond the channel: A literature review on ambient displays for learning

“…Additionally ambient displays are experienced as unobtrusive or not distracting (e.g. Minakuchi et al, 2005;Obermair et al, 2008). Across the reviewed studies users also indicated that they would like ambient displays to offer more detailed information (Froehlich et al, 2009;Reitberger et al, 2007) and more interaction possibilities .…”

“…The remaining articles describe or make use of prototypes with a learning outcome in mind. One of them is the "AmbientBrowser" prototype that enriches everyday activities with relevant knowledge utilising peripheral information displays (Minakuchi et al, 2005). Another one comes up from the work on group mirrors to support collaborative learning activities examining different feedback presentations presented by Streng et al (2009).…”

“…Mirlacher et al, 2009;Röcker & Magerkurth, 2007;Ziola, Kellar, & Inkpen, 2007) mostly by presenting peripheral information (e.g. Fass, Forlizzi, & Pausch, 2002;Minakuchi, Nakamura, & Tanaka, 2005;Shinohara, Tomita, Kihara, & Nakajima, 2007), but also by providing assistance or spatial guidance (HoChing, Mankoff, & Landay, 2003;Meschtscherjakov et al, 2008;Olivier, Gilroy, Cao, Jackson, & Kray, 2006). Lastly the remaining articles stated to focus more on the design of ambient displays by exploring visualisation techniques and modalities (e.g.…”