Immersive video as a rapid prototyping and evaluation tool for mobile and ambient applications

ABSTRACT

A key issue in mobile and ambient computing is the effort required to rapidly prototype and evaluate user interfaces and applications. Existing technologies for these tasks suffer either from low fidelity (e.g. paper prototypes, mental walkthroughs) or effectively require a near full-scale deployment. We propose an approach using immersive video with surround sound and a simulated infrastructure to create a very realistic environment in the office or the lab. It provides a low-cost and rapid means to prototype user interfaces and applications, and to evaluate them in a realistic simulation of the context, in which they are intended to be used.

REFERENCES

• 1: Sue Long , Rob Kooper , Gregory D. Abowd , Christopher G. Atkeson, Rapid prototyping of mobile context-aware applications: the Cyberguide case study, Proceedings of the 2nd annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking, p.97-107, November 1996, Rye, New York, United States [doi>10.1145/236387.236412]

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: User-centered design

General Terms:
Experimentation, Human Factors

Keywords:
evaluation, immersive video, mobile and ambient user interfaces, rapid prototyping