Evaluating Ambient Displays in the Wild: Highlighting Social Aspects of Use in Public Settings

Jörn Messeter, Daryn Molenaar

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Abstract

A prominent issue for evaluating ambient displays has been the conflict between the relative intrusiveness of evaluation methods and the intention to keep the display at the periphery of the user’s attention. There is a general lack of research discussing the difficulties of evaluating ambient displays in the wild, and in particular social aspects of use has received little attention. This paper presents a case study of an ambient light display designed for a public setting. Based on results from a non-intrusive in situ evaluation, we argue that viewing ambient displays as features of a broader social setting may aid our understanding of issues regarding the evaluation of ambient displays in the wild.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date2012
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventThe ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems - Newcastle, United Kingdom
Duration: 11 Jun 201215 Jun 2012
http://www.dis2012.org/

Conference

ConferenceThe ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityNewcastle
Period11/06/201215/06/2012
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Keywords

  • ambient displays
  • intrusiveness
  • peripheral attention
  • in situ evaluation
  • social aspects of use

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