Designing audio aura

Mynatt, Elizabeth D.; Back, Maribeth; Want, Roy; Baer, Michael B.; Ellis, Jason

doi:10.1145/274644.274720

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“…Although the initial idea of calm technology did not specifically focus on peripheral perception, by far most of the work it inspired aimed to develop and evaluate visual and auditory displays which subtly present information such that people can perceive it in their periphery of attention [4,[22][23][24][25][26]. An early example of a calm technology design is the Dangling String [3], a 'plastic spaghetti string' that spins based on the information sent through the Ethernet cable, forming a visual and auditory display which subtly presents the network activity.…”

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“…SnowGlobe [29] also aims to support social connectedness between two remote living rooms, through subtle light changes on a physical artifact. Specific for the office environment, Audio Aura [26] uses background auditory cues to provide office workers with information such as the availability of colleagues. ShareMon [30] is an application that enables computer users to monitor background file sharing events through audio.…”

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Peripheral interaction: characteristics and considerations

Bakker

Hoven

Eggen

2014

Pers Ubiquit Comput

125

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In everyday life, we are able to perceive information and perform physical actions in the background or periphery of attention. Inspired by this observation, several researchers have studied interactive systems that display digital information in the periphery of attention. To broaden the scope of this research direction, a few recent studies have focused on interactive systems that can not only be perceived in the background but also enable users to physically interact with digital information in their periphery. Such peripheral interaction designs can support computing technology to fluently embed in and become a meaningful part of people's everyday routines. With the increasing ubiquity of technology in our everyday environment, we believe that this direction is highly relevant nowadays. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of three case studies on peripheral interaction. These case studies involved the design and development of peripheral interactive systems and deployment of these systems in the real context of use for a number of weeks. Based on the insights gained through these case studies, we discuss generalized characteristics and considerations for peripheral interaction design and evaluation. The aim of the work presented in this paper is to support interaction design researchers and practitioners in anticipating and facilitating peripheral interaction with the designs they are evaluating or developing.

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Peripheral interaction: characteristics and considerations

Bakker

Hoven

Eggen

2014

Pers Ubiquit Comput

125

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“…Although most of these sounds are designed to be in the center of the attention, some systems have been designed for the periphery. 'Audio Aura' [9] for example, uses background auditory cues to provide office workers with relevant information such as the number of unread emails or the availability of colleagues. 'Birds Whispering' [4] uses ongoing bird-sounds to subtly communicate information about the activity in the office.…”

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Exploring Interactive Systems Using Peripheral Sounds

Bakker

Hoven

Eggen

2010

Haptic and Audio Interaction Design

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Abstract. Our everyday interaction in and with the physical world, has facilitated the development of auditory perception skills that enable us to selectively place one auditory channel in the center of our attention and simultaneously monitor others in the periphery. We search for ways to leverage these auditory perception skills in interactive systems. In this paper, we present three working demonstrators that use sound to subtly convey information to users in an open office. To qualitatively evaluate these demonstrators, each of them has been implemented in an office for three weeks. We have seen that such a period of time, sounds can start shifting from the center to the periphery of the attention. Furthermore, we found several issues to be addressed when designing such systems, which can inform future work in this area.

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“…More recently, researchers at Columbia's Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab have developed "situated documentaries" using their augmented reality system [6]. Other related work includes the development of pre-visualization tools for embedding audio information in physical environments at Xerox PARC [7] and authoring tools for leaving "audio imprints" in outdoor locations in an augmented reality system developed at MIT Media Lab [8].…”

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An Authoring Toolkit for Mixed Reality Experiences

Fisher

2003

Entertainment Computing

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Abstract:This paper describes a program of research to develop and implement an integrated system of data collection and authoring tools and a concomitant infrastructure for collecting and presenting a range of information about a specific location in a Mixed Reality experience. The system has been designed so that a wide range of users such as scientific domain experts, artists, or any user with a mobile phone, can author and "post" information to a particular site.

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Designing audio aura

Cited by 120 publications

References 9 publications

Peripheral interaction: characteristics and considerations

Peripheral interaction: characteristics and considerations

Exploring Interactive Systems Using Peripheral Sounds

An Authoring Toolkit for Mixed Reality Experiences

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