Using F-formations to analyse spatial patterns of interaction in physical environments

Marshall, Paul; Rogers, Yvonne; Pantidi, Nadia

doi:10.1145/1958824.1958893

Cited by 120 publications

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“…Further, these results suggest a need to augment proxemic and territoriality theories for use in LPDs. For example, while proxemics can suggest what users are doing right now by identifying nearby items or individuals [18], it does not provide information about relationships between individuals or devices over time. Range of motion may be one way of augmenting proxemic interactions to address this need, particularly when pairs are loosely-coupled.…”

Section: Augmenting Proxemics and Territorialitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating Your Bubble

Wallace

Iskander

Lank

2016

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We describe an empirical study that explores how users establish and use personal space around large public displays (LPDs). Our study complements field studies in this space by more fully characterizing interpersonal distances based on coupling and confirms the use of on-screen territories on vertical displays. Finally, we discuss implications for future research: limitations of proxemics and territoriality, how user range can augment existing theory, and the influence of display size on personal space.

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Section: Augmenting Proxemics and Territorialitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating Your Bubble

Wallace

Iskander

Lank

2016

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…In computing, F-formations have been used to analyze social interactions in crowded environments [14,22], but they have rarely been applied to interaction technique design. Models have been proposed for federating sets of cooperating devices, such as Rodden's awareness model for groupware applications [24], or the boundary principle [18] articulated by Kindberg & Fox.…”

Section: Sensing Presence Proximity and F-formationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-device interaction via micro-mobility and f-formations

Marquardt

Hinckley

Greenberg

2012

Proceedings of the 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

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GroupTogether is a system that explores cross-device interaction using two sociological constructs. First, Fformations concern the distance and relative body orientation among multiple users, which indicate when and how people position themselves as a group. Second, micromobility describes how people orient and tilt devices towards one another to promote fine-grained sharing during co-present collaboration. We sense these constructs using: (a) a pair of overhead Kinect depth cameras to sense small groups of people, (b) low-power 8GHz band radio modules to establish the identity, presence, and coarse-grained relative locations of devices, and (c) accelerometers to detect tilting of slate devices. The resulting system supports fluid, minimally disruptive techniques for co-located collaboration by leveraging the proxemics of people as well as the proxemics of devices.

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“…Other work is exploring how interfaces can be designed to support group interaction, for example by recognizing and adapting to group configurations known as 'F-formations' [133,134]. Physiological sensors in wearable devices are also being used to determine people's emotions and to incorporate this information into shared experiences [13,20].…”

Section: Social and Collaborative Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%