Making Sense of What Is Going on ‘Around’: Designing Environmental Awareness Information Displays

Eggen, JH Berry; Mensvoort, KM Koert van

doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-477-5_4

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“…The main goal of Information Decoration [6] is to design awareness systems that provide contextual information to their users without overburdening them. These systems seamlessly merge with the physical environment and seek for a balance between informational and aesthetic quality.…”

Section: Information Decoration Ambient Displays and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Referring to the fundamental principles of information decoration [6] and calm technology [34], to earlier work, and to the selected scenarios we have set five requirements to be achieved with the design of the ambient display:…”

Section: Design Goals and Choicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Seek a balance between aesthetical and information quality. In line with the information decoration [6] and visualization [33] principles and the general guidelines for the design of ambient displays [22], the system should portray information through a subtle visualization, pleasant for everybody exposed to it. Although aesthetic judgment is subjective, integration within the architectural properties of the actual location and its application context needs to be fulfilled.…”

Section: Design Goals and Choicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our study relates to different research areas, since it combines principles from information decoration [6] and calm technology [34], with the insights provided by cognitive psychology and information visualization. Moreover, we followed an iterative user centered design cycle, involving end-users at all phases of the study.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Design and Evaluation of an Ambient Display to Support Time Management during Meetings

Occhialini

Essen

Eggen

2011

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2011

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Abstract. An explorative research to investigate the opportunities of using light as a communication medium to provide peripheral information is presented. An innovative ambient display, using dynamic light patterns on the walls of the meeting room to support time management during meetings has been developed. Designed according to the principles of calm technology and information decoration, the system seeks for a balance between aesthetical and informational quality. Two prototypes were created and qualitative research methods are used to evaluate the concept and the efficacy of light in conveying information. The results confirm the value of our concept by showing an appreciation of the usefulness and a good level of comprehension of the users towards the system. The project led to insightful considerations on design guidelines and recommendations for further development of ambient displays to use light to convey abstract information in a subtle, unobtrusive way.

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Section: Information Decoration Ambient Displays and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Design Goals and Choicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Design Goals and Choicesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Design and Evaluation of an Ambient Display to Support Time Management during Meetings

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Essen

Eggen

2011

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2011

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“…'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. The 'AmbientRoom' [8] makes stock information audible through ongoing soundscapes of bird and rain sounds.…”

Section: Theoretical Background and Related Workmentioning

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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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