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People and Computers XX - Engage

Proceedings of HCI 2006

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Nick Bryan-Kinns

    1. Queen Mary, University of London, UK

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  2. Ann Blanford

    1. University College London, UK

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  3. Paul Curzon

    1. Queen Mary, University of London, UK

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  4. Laurence Nigay

    1. Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1, France

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. At the Periphery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Crossmodal Ambient Displays

      • Patrick Olivier, Han Cao, Stephen W. Gilroy, Daniel G. Jackson
      Pages 3-16

    3. Plotting Affect and Premises for Use in Aesthetic Interaction Design: Towards Evaluation for the Everyday

      • S. Kettley, M. Smyth
      Pages 17-22

  3. Enthralling Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Smell Me: Engaging with an Interactive Olfactory Game

      • Stephen Boyd Davis, Gordon Davies, Ruba Haddad, Mei-Kei Lai
      Pages 25-40

    3. Measuring the Aesthetics of Reading

      • Kevin Larson, Richard L. Hazlett, Barbara S. Chaparro, Rosalind W. Picard
      Pages 41-56

    4. Aesthetic and Symbolic Qualities as Antecedents of Overall Judgements of Interactive Products

      • Sascha Mahlke
      Pages 57-64

    5. Involvement in Listening to Music from a Computer: The Effects of Pre-Existing Mood

      • Kari Kallinen, Timo Saari, Niklas Ravaja, Mikko Salminen
      Pages 65-72

    6. Interface Affect and Familiarity: Some Implications for Designing the Interaction

      • Elizabeth Uruchurtu, Roger Rist, Lachlan MacKinnon
      Pages 73-82

  4. Connecting with Others

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. VideoArms: Embodiments for Mixed Presence Groupware

      • Anthony Tang, Carman Neustaedter, Saul Greenberg
      Pages 85-102

    3. Supporting Crime Scene Investigation

      • Chris Baber, Paul Smith, Sandeep Panesar, Fan Yang, James Cross
      Pages 103-116

  5. Interaction for Me

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. The Beam Cursor: A Pen-based Technique for Enhancing Target Acquisition

      • Jibin Yin, Xiangshi Ren
      Pages 119-134

    3. Assisting Target Acquisition in Perspective Views

      • Yangzhou Du, Olivier Chapuis, Yves Guiard, Michel Beauclouin-Lafon
      Pages 135-150

    4. Does Being Motivated to Avoid Procedural Errors Influence Their Systematicity?

      • Jonathan Back, Wai Lok Cheng, Rob Dann, Paul Curzon, Ann Blandford
      Pages 151-157

    5. Usefulness of Interactive Animations in Electronic Shopping

      • Fabio Nemetz, Peter Johnson
      Pages 159-174

  6. Interactions in the Wild

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Output Multimodal Interaction: The Case of Augmented Surgery

      • Benoît Mansoux, Laurence Nigay, Jocelyne Troccaz
      Pages 177-192
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Reading has arguably the longest and richest history of any domain for scientifically considering the impact of technology on the user. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Miles Tinker [1963] and other researchers ran hundreds of user tests that examined the effects of different fonts and text layout variables, such as the amount of vertical space between each line of text (called leading). Their research focused on user performance, and reading speed was the favoured measure. They charted the effect of the manipulated variables on reading speed, looking for the point at which their participants could read the fastest. Their assumption was that faster reading speeds created a more optimal experience. Printers and publishers eagerly consumed this research. In recent years, some of these variables have been reexamined as the technology and capabilities evolve with the advent of computers and computer screens. Dillon [1992] examined how to design textual information for an electronic environment. Boyarski et al. [1998] examined the effect of fonts that were designed for computer screens. Dyson & Kipping [1998] examined the effect of line length on computer screens. Larson et al. [2000] examined the effect of 3-D rotation on reading. Gugerty et al. [2004] demonstrated a reading performance advantage with the Microsoft ClearType display technology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen Mary, University of London, UK

    Nick Bryan-Kinns, Paul Curzon

  • University College London, UK

    Ann Blanford

  • Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1, France

    Laurence Nigay

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