Users want simple control over device selection

Misker, Jan M. V.; Lindenberg, J.; Neerincx, Mark A.

doi:10.1145/1107548.1107584

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“…However, an automatic system may cause the user to feel that (s)he is not in control. Misker and colleagues [42] studied experimentally different user interaction styles of combining various resources of an environment, i.e., input and output interaction devices, ad hoc. The test subjects preferred a style in which they had control over the device selection, even if they had to use extra effort, compared to an automated selection.…”

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confidence: 99%

A User-Centric View of Intelligent Environments: User Expectations, User Experience and User Role in Building Intelligent Environments

et al. 2012

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Our everyday environments are gradually becoming intelligent, facilitated both by technological development and user activities. Although large-scale intelligent environments are still rare in actual everyday use, they have been studied for quite a long time, and several user studies have been carried out. In this paper, we present a user-centric view of intelligent environments based on published research results and our own experiences from user studies with concepts and prototypes. We analyze user acceptance and users’ expectations that affect users’ willingness to start using intelligent environments and to continue using them. We discuss user experience of interacting with intelligent environments where physical and virtual elements are intertwined. Finally, we touch on the role of users in shaping their own intelligent environments instead of just using ready-made environments. People are not merely “using” the intelligent environments but they live in them, and they experience the environments via embedded services and new interaction tools as well as the physical and social environment. Intelligent environments should provide emotional as well as instrumental value to the people who live in them, and the environments should be trustworthy and controllable both by regular users and occasional visitors. Understanding user expectations and user experience in intelligent environments, and providing users with tools to influence the environments can help to shape the vision of intelligent environments into meaningful, acceptable and appealing service entities for all those who live and act in them

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Section: Ease Of Use and Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

A User-Centric View of Intelligent Environments: User Expectations, User Experience and User Role in Building Intelligent Environments

et al. 2012

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“…Traditional interfaces are well understood, easy to use and not intrusive at all, as they are already part of householder's daily activities. PC/mobile-based interfaces, instead, are typically intrusive and impose additional cognitive load (explicit mediators) on the home inhabitants [10]. Moreover, computers and mobile devices have some known limitations: they are multi-purpose devices, and they could be controlled by other home inhabitants (e.g., for gaming, etc.…”

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The smart home controller on your wrist

Russis

Bonino

Corno

2013

Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct Publication

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This paper addresses human-home interaction mediated by everyday objects, with a particular focus on wrist watches. Everyday wrist-worn devices are turned into flexible home access points by exploiting a modular architecture independent from the underlying home automation system, and from the specific watch device, provided that the necessary capabilities are available. A first working prototype based on a cost-effective consumer watch is presented, and experimental results confirm the viability of the approach.

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“…For example, two devices having same services may be regarded as identical due to their resources, but will be viewed differently from user's point of view due to their interaction style. The authors in [5] have conducted a survey to study various user interaction styles for combining input and output devices in an ambient intelligent environment. Their conclusion is that users are willing to spend a bit of time and effort in order to gain control over their environment.…”

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A Graph-Based Approach for Ad hoc Task Composition Considering User Preferences and Device Capabilities

Mukhtar

Belaïd

Guy

2008

2008 IEEE Globecom Workshops

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Ad hoc user task composition involves automatic matching and selection of services across various devices in the pervasive environment. Existing service composition approaches mostly do not consider network heterogeneity or devices' capabilities simultaneously. This limits the composition mechanism, as not all the devices will be able to use the same set of network protocols. The user preferences are also not considered when selecting a particular service or device.In this paper, we propose a solution for ad hoc user task composition based on a graph-theoretic approach. We model both the user task and the underlying network services, along with their requirements and capabilities, as graphs. The heterogeneity of communication protocols is also considered in the graph. After an early elimination of unnecessary devices, and hence services, from the network services graph, based on user preferences and task requirements, a matching is performed between the user task graph and the simplified network services graph to achieve the composed user application.

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