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CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
PlayPals: tangible interfaces for remote communication and play
PlayPals are a set of wireless figurines with their electronic accessories that provide children with a playful way to communicate between remote locations. PlayPals is designed f...
Leonardo Bonanni, Cati Vaucelle, Jeff Lieberman, O...
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Entity quick click: rapid text copying based on automatic entity extraction
Retyping text phrases can be time consuming. As a result, techniques for copying text from one software application to another, such as copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop are now co...
Eric A. Bier, Edward W. Ishak, Ed Chi
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
A comparative study of map use
We present a study comparing the handling of three kinds of maps, each on a physical device: a paper map, a tablet-PC based map, and a cellular phone based one. Six groups of user...
Allan Hansen, Christina Brodersen, Clemens Nylands...
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
The comforting presence of relational agents
In this paper we describe an on-going experiment on the calming effects of a relational agent on users following a social bonding interaction. Applications to a range of health ca...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Schulman
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Modalities for building relationships with handheld computer agents
In this paper we describe the design of a relational agent interface for handheld computers and the results of a study exploring the effectiveness of different useragent interacti...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Mauer
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
SMOKS: the memory suits
Joanna Berzowska, Marcelo Coelho
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Memory-rich clothing
Joanna Berzowska, Marcelo Coelho
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Communicating more than nothing
Strong social connections permeate one's daily life. With the numerous means available, these connections can easily dominate one's communications, though one only wants...
Tony Bergstrom, Karrie Karahalios
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
RoomBugs: simulating insect infestations in elementary classrooms
This paper presents research on a collaborative learning environment in an urban elementary science classroom. The application, called RoomBugs, simulates a dynamic ecosystem of i...
Michael Barron, Tom Moher, Jeff Maharry
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Reality testing: HCI challenges in non-traditional environments
Non-traditional environments often change rapidly without forewarning, are difficult or impossible to control, and have other environmental and operational constraints that cannot...
Gisele Bennett, Gitte Lindgaard, Bruce Tsuji, Kay ...