Support for flexbile work settings by augmenting artifacts

ABSTRACT

Based on experiments, this paper argues that augmentation works well to support complex work settings with heavy demands of flexibility. But augmenting particular artifacts has consequences that reach far beyond the artifact itself and into the practice that surrounds it.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.1 Multimedia Information Systems
          Subjects: Artificial, augmented, and virtual realities

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.1 Applications and Expert Systems
          Subjects: Games
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.7 Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism
          Subjects: Virtual reality

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Management, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
CSCW, Groupware, augmented reality, evolution of artifacts, flexibility, interactive argumentation, multiple contexts, video card game, work settings