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- Uses a novel approach to descibe how to design, implement, and test a model of interaction allowing untrained individuals to intuitively control a complex series of networked and embedded systems
- Presents theoretical concepts supported by a series of experimental studies
- Provides a framework for future work to facilitate the deployment of this concept in the real world
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Human-Computer Interaction (BRIEFSHUMAN)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book describes an innovative approach to the interaction between humans and a smart environment; an attempt to get a smart home to understand intuitive, multi-modal, human-centred communication. State of the art smart homes, like other “smart” technology, tend to demand that the human user must adapt herself to the needs of the system. The hunt for a truly user-centred, truly intuitive system has long proven to be beyond the grasp of current technology.
When humans speak with one another, we are multimodal. Our speech is supplemented with gestures, which serve as a parallel stream of information, reinforcing the meaning of our words.
Drawing on well-established protocols in engineering and psychology, and with no small amount of inspiration from a particular nonsense poem, we have successfully concluded that hunt. This book describes the efforts, undertaken over several years, to design, implement, and test a model of interaction that allows untrained individuals to intuitively control a complex series of networked and embedded systems. The theoretical concepts are supported by a series of experimental studies, showing the advantages of the novel approach, and pointing towards future work that would facilitate the deployment of this concept in the real world.
Authors and Affiliations
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Advertiser User Experience Research Group, Adecco at Google, San Bruno, USA
John N.A Brown
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Interactive Systems Group, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
Anton Josef Fercher, Gerhard Leitner
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building an Intuitive Multimodal Interface for a Smart Home
Book Subtitle: Hunting the SNARK
Authors: John N.A Brown, Anton Josef Fercher, Gerhard Leitner
Series Title: Human–Computer Interaction Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56532-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56531-6Published: 12 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56532-3Published: 03 May 2017
Series ISSN: 1571-5035
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4477
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 78
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, System Performance and Evaluation, Interaction Design