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BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Dramaturgical capitalization of positive emotions: the answer for Facebook success?
Although user behavior in the popular Facebook social network site has been intensely investigated since the site came live in 2004, we know little about users' emotions and ...
Corina Sas, Alan J. Dix, Jennefer Hart, Ronghui Su
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Sketching sketching: outlines of a collaborative design method
In this paper, we describe three key areas in the literature where sketching has been seen as being beneficial to designers. We applied this knowledge in the user interface design...
Brock Craft, Paul A. Cairns
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Visible imagination: projected play
This paper presents a system for the exploration of projected interfaces. We describe our Visible Imagination (VI) platform combining a camera, projector and torch (flashlight) al...
David J. Chatting, Jon S. Sutton
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
DIY design process for interactive surfaces
This paper charts the design and build of two interactive tabletops that use infrared (IR) illumination techniques. One table implements fiducial tracking, whilst the other implem...
Jennifer G. Sheridan, James Tompkin, Abel Maciel, ...
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
An exploratory study of tag-based visual interfaces for searching folksonomies
Aesthetic features such as animation, 3D interaction, and visual metaphors are becoming commonplace in multimedia search interfaces. However, it is unclear which attributes are ne...
Javier Diaz, Keyun Hu, Melanie Tory
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Hospital user research using new media arts
This paper presents a comparative analysis of group interaction around two display types, shared and individual, using a `new media' arts application as a way to explore the ...
Cecily Morrison, Alan F. Blackwell
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Low-fi skin vision: a case study in rapid prototyping a sensory substitution system
We describe the design process we have used to develop a minimal, twenty vibration motor Tactile Vision Sensory Substitution (TVSS) system which enables blind-folded subjects to s...
Jon Bird, Paul Marshall, Yvonne Rogers
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
An evaluation of a meal planning system: ease of use and perceived usefulness
Unhealthy eating is an increasingly important problem in the western society. Our approach to this problem is to provide a meal planning system giving recommendations of suitable ...
Johan Aberg
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Modelling perception using image processing algorithms
User modelling is widely used in HCI but there are very few systematic HCI modelling tools for people with disabilities. We are developing user models to help with the design and ...
Pradipta Biswas, Peter Robinson