The PhotoMirror appliance: affective awareness in the hallway

Markopoulos, Panos; Bongers, Bert; Alphen, Erik van; Dekker, Jasper; Dijk, Wouter van; Messemaker, Sebastiaan; Poppel, Joep Van; Vlist, Bram van der; Volman, Dirk; Wanrooij, Gilles van

doi:10.1007/s00779-005-0007-x

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“…The Digital Family Portrait displayed an elderly person's activity information gathered by sensors which were placed at the senior's home on a photo-frame system at her children's home. This project proved to be influential for several other projects such as CareNet (Consolvo et al, 2004), the Whereabouts clock (Sellen et al, 2006), Photomirror (Markopoulos et al, 2006) and the Digital Diarist (Metaxas & Markopoulos, 2007). CareNet (Consolvo et al, 2004) also used data retrieved by sensors at an elderly person's house to display the information to extended family members.…”

Section: Pervasive Computing and Awareness Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Whereabouts clock (Sellen et al, 2006) was developed as an appliance hanging on a kitchen wall, concealing a computer display through which awareness information of the whereabouts of family members is presented. Photomirror (Markopoulos et al, 2006) was developed as a large mirror that hangs on the wall of the hallway. It had attached a camera, motion sensors as well as a screen.…”

Section: Pervasive Computing and Awareness Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Intra-Family Mediated Awareness

Markopoulos

Khan

2012

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

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The research presented examines how pervasive technology can support intra-family communication, supporting existing practices and complimenting them by addressing communication needs currently unmet by current communication media like mobile phones, social networking systems, and so forth. Specifically the investigation focused on busy families, understood here to be families with two working parents and at least one child sharing the same roof. The class of technologies the authors consider are awareness systems, defined as communication systems that support individuals to maintain, with low effort, a peripheral awareness of each other’s activities and whereabouts. This research combined a variety of research methods including interviews, web surveys, experience sampling, and field testing of functional prototypes of mobile awareness systems. It also involved the development of several applications, which were either seen as research tools in support of the methods applied or as prototypes of awareness systems that embody some of the envisioned characteristics of this emerging class of technologies. The contribution of this research is along two main dimensions. First in identifying intra-family communication needs that drive the adoption of awareness systems and second in providing directions for the design of such systems.

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Section: Pervasive Computing and Awareness Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Pervasive Computing and Awareness Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intra-Family Mediated Awareness

Markopoulos

Khan

2012

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

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“…The principle behind the dual-frame mode resembles that of the PhotoMirror appliance [21]. In PhotoMirror, a camera is hidden behind a mirror in a home setting, which can record segments of the inhabitants life, and play them back on the surface of the mirror (or another mirror).…”

Section: Dual Frame Modementioning

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Design and implementation of an affect-responsive interactive photo frame

Dibeklioğlu

Kosunen

Zuzanek

et al. 2011

J Multimodal User Interfaces

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This paper describes an affect-responsive interactive photo-frame application that offers its user a different experience with every use. It relies on visual analysis of activity levels and facial expressions of its users to select responses from a database of short video segments. This ever-growing database is automatically prepared by an offline analysis of user-uploaded videos. The resulting system matches its user's affect along dimensions of valence and arousal, and gradually adapts its response to each specific user. In an extended mode, two such systems are coupled and feed each other with visual content. The strengths and weaknesses of the system are assessed through a usability study, where a Wizard-of-Oz response logic is contrasted with the fully automatic system that uses affective and activity-based features, either alone, or in tandem.

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“…Langdale et al [13] have studied domestic communications, and used a technology probe to elicit users' responses to design ideas. Markopoulos et al [16] have provoked inspirational responses to the introduction of mirrors and video recording devices in public spaces. These responses were then collated to inspire design ideas and suggest further investigation of particular aspects such as social aspects of mirrors and public versus private spaces in using video and mirrors.…”

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Zebra

Riche¹,

Simpson

Viller

2008

Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

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Participatory Design is a design approach that provides a popular set of techniques for designing interactive systems in collaboration with end-users. Technology probes are one of such techniques, developed recently to encourage users' engagement with design ideas while capturing interaction. In this paper, we describe a technology probe called Zebra, which aimed at exploring the design of an observation tool for fieldwork with busy professionals. We deployed Zebra in the coffee room of our lab and observed researchers' reactions to the proposed concepts it embodied, both as researchers and as participants. We found that participants engaged with the probe in ways ranging from playful performances, through to abandoning the social space. Based on analysis of the collected qualitative and quantitative data, we present our reflections on the Zebra probe, how it eased the burden of engagement in the design process, and helped us better understand the potential of the observation tool for participatory design with busy professionals.

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The PhotoMirror appliance: affective awareness in the hallway

Cited by 7 publications

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