Sentient Data Access via a Diverse Society of Devices

ABSTRACT

It has been more than ten years since such “information appliances” as ATMs and grocery store UPC checkout counters were introduced. For the office environment, Mark Weiser began to articulate the notion of UbiComp (ubiquitous computing) and identified some of the salient features of the trends in 1991.1, 2 Embedded computation is also becoming widespread.

REFERENCES

• 1: Mark Weiser, Some computer science issues in ubiquitous computing, Communications of the ACM, v.36 n.7, p.75-84, July 1993 [doi>10.1145/159544.159617]
• 2: 2. Weiser, M. The computer for the 21st century. Scientific American 265, 3 (Dec. 11, 1991), 94-104.
• 3: 3. The Anoto Group: see http://www.anoto.com/.
• 4: 4. Toynbee, A. Architecture, Silence, and Light: On the Future of Art. (1970) Viking, NY, 20-35.
• 5: 5. Kodak EasyShare LS633: see http://www.kodak.com/ US/en/corp/display/LS633.jhtml.
• 6: 6. Mann, S. Wearable intelligent signal processing. Proceedings of the IEEE 86, 11 (Nov. 1998), 2123-2151; see also http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~mann/.
• 7: 7. Weiser, M. The computer for the 21st century. Scientific American 265, 3 (Dec. 11, 1991), 94-104.
• 8: George W. Fitzmaurice , William Buxton, Graspable user interfaces, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada, 1996
• 9: Hiroshi Ishii , Brygg Ullmer, Tangible bits: towards seamless interfaces between people, bits and atoms, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.234-241, March 22-27, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, United States [doi>10.1145/258549.258715]
• 10: William Buxton , George Fitzmaurice , Ravin Balakrishnan , Gordon Kurtenbach, Large Displays in Automotive Design, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, v.20 n.4, p.68-75, July 2000 [doi>10.1109/38.851753]
• 11: 11. Elumens Corporation: see http://www.elumens.com/.
• 12: George W. Fitzmaurice, Situated information spaces and spatially aware palmtop computers, Communications of the ACM, v.36 n.7, p.39-49, July 1993 [doi>10.1145/159544.159566]
• 13: 13. Buxton, B., Fitzmaurice, G.W., Khan, A., Kurtenbach, G., and Tsang, M. Boom Chameleon: Simultaneous capture of 3D viewpoint, voice and gesture annotations on a spatially-aware display. ACM CHI Letters 4, 2 (2002)111-120.
• 14: Jun Rekimoto, Pick-and-drop: a direct manipulation technique for multiple computer environments, Proceedings of the 10th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology, p.31-39, October 14-17, 1997, Banff, Alberta, Canada [doi>10.1145/263407.263505]
• 15: Phil Suh , James Ellis , David Thiemecke, Content Management Systems, Peer Information, 2002

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: Input devices and strategies (e.g., mouse, touchscreen)

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Wireless communication
  C.5 COMPUTER SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
      C.5.3 Microcomputers
          Subjects: Portable devices (e.g., laptops, personal digital assistants)

  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: Ergonomics; User-centered design; Interaction styles (e.g., commands, menus, forms, direct manipulation)

  J. Computer Applications
  J.7 COMPUTERS IN OTHER SYSTEMS
      Subjects: Consumer products

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.1 THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY
      Subjects: Markets; Suppliers

General Terms:
Experimentation, Human Factors, Management