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Human-Computer Interaction -- INTERACT 2013

14th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-6, 2013, Proceedings, Part IV

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8120)

Part of the book sub series: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI (LNISA)

Conference series link(s): INTERACT: IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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Table of contents (71 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Long and Short Papers (Continued)

    1. Supporting Physical Activity

      1. Walking in the Wild – Using an Always-On Smartphone Application to Increase Physical Activity
        • Tim Harries, Parisa Eslambolchilar, Chris Stride, Ruth Rettie, Simon Walton
        Pages 19-36
    2. Supporting Shared Activities

      1. F-Formations in Cooking Together: A Digital Ethnography Using YouTube
        • Jeni Paay, Jesper Kjeldskov, Mikael B. Skov, Kenton O’Hara
        Pages 37-54
      2. Practices Surrounding Event Photos
        • Dhaval Vyas, Anton Nijholt, Gerrit van der Veer
        Pages 55-72
      3. Sharing Experiences over Video: Watching Video Programs together at a Distance
        • Anna Macaranas, Gina Venolia, Kori Inkpen, John Tang
        Pages 73-90
    3. Sustainability

      1. Exploring Reactions to Widespread Energy Monitoring
        • James A. Colley, Benjamin Bedwell, Andy Crabtree, Tom Rodden
        Pages 91-108
      2. HCI for City Farms: Design Challenges and Opportunities
        • Peter Lyle, Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Marcus Foth
        Pages 109-116
      3. WattsBurning on My Mailbox: A Tangible Art Inspired Eco-feedback Visualization for Sharing Energy Consumption
        • Filipe Quintal, Mary Barreto, Nuno Nunes, Valentina Nisi, Lucas Pereira
        Pages 133-140
    4. Tabletop Computing

      1. Dynamic Spatial Positioning: Physical Collaboration around Interactive Table by Children in India
        • Izdihar Jamil, Kenton O’Hara, Mark Perry, Abhijit Karnik, Mark T. Marshall, Swathi Jha et al.
        Pages 141-158
      2. Dynamic Tangible User Interface Palettes
        • Martin Spindler, Victor Cheung, Raimund Dachselt
        Pages 159-176
      3. TIDE: Lightweight Device Composition for Enhancing Tabletop Environments with Smartphone Applications
        • Léo Sicard, Aurélien Tabard, Juan David Hincapié-Ramos, Jakob E. Bardram
        Pages 177-194
    5. Text Comprehensibility

      1. Evaluating the Effect of Phrase Set in Hindi Text Entry
        • Mohit Jain, Khushboo Tekchandani, Khai N. Truong
        Pages 195-202
      2. Frequent Words Improve Readability and Short Words Improve Understandability for People with Dyslexia
        • Luz Rello, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Laura Dempere-Marco, Horacio Saggion
        Pages 203-219
      3. TicQR: Flexible, Lightweight Linking of Paper and Digital Content Using Mobile Phones
        • Jennifer Pearson, Simon Robinson, George Buchanan, Matt Jones
        Pages 220-228
    6. Tracking Eyes and Head

      1. One Half or 50%? An Eye-Tracking Study of Number Representation Readability
        • Luz Rello, Susana Bautista, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Pablo Gervás, Raquel Hervás, Horacio Saggion
        Pages 229-245
      2. Studying a Head Tracking Technique for First-Person-Shooter Games in a Home Setting
        • Torben Sko, Henry Gardner, Michael Martin
        Pages 246-263
      3. Tracking Eyes in Service Prototyping
        • Monchu Chen, Veraneka Lim
        Pages 264-271

About this book

The four-volume set LNCS 8117-8120 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2013, held in Cape Town, South Africa, in September 2013.

The fourth volume includes 38 regular papers organized in topical sections on supporting physical activity, supporting shred activities, sustainability, tabletop computing, text comprehensibility, tracking eyes and head, usability evaluation and technology acceptance, user preferences and behaviour, user requirements capture and analysis, UX in work / educational context, voice / sound-based computing, 31 interactive posters, 2 industrial papers, 4 panels, 1 contribution on special interest groups, 1 tutorial, and 9 workshop papers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CSIR Meraka Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

    Paula Kotzé

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Gary Marsden

  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Gitte Lindgaard

  • Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elisabeth, South Africa

    Janet Wesson

  • Institute of Research in Informatics of Toulouse (IRIT), University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

    Marco Winckler

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