Social gravity: A virtual elastic tether for casual, privacy-preserving pedestrian rendezvous

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1485-1494

  Williamson, John ^a   Robinson, Simon ^b   Stewart, Craig ^a   Murray Smith, Roderick ^a   Jones, Matt ^b   Brewster, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geosocial interaction; gps; mobile; navigation; vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC COORDINATION; FIELD TRIAL; GPS; GPS POSITIONING; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; INTERACTION DESIGN; LOW QUALITIES; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRE-VALIDATION; PRIVACY PRESERVING; SOCIAL COORDINATION; VIBROTACTILE; VIRTUAL OBJECTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOBILE DEVICES; TETHERLINES; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 77953966234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753548     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (27)

1. J. Axup, S. Viller, and N. J. Bidwell. Usability of a mobile, group communication prototype while rendezvousing. In Proc. CTS '05, pages 24-31. IEEE, 2005.
2. M. Batty, J. Desyllas, and E. Duxbury. Safety in numbers? modeling crowds and designing control for the notting hill carnival. Urban Studies, 40(8):1573-1590, 2003.
3. M. Colbert. A diary study of rendezvousing: implications for position-aware computing and communications for the general public. In Proc. GROUP '01, pages 15-23. ACM, 2001.
4. M. Colbert. Rendezvousing at familiar and unfamiliar places. J. Navigation, 57(3):327-338, 2004.
5. A. Crossan, R. Murray-Smith, S. Brewster, J. Kelly, and B. Musizza. Gait phase effects in mobile interaction. In Proc. CHI '05, pages 1312-1315. ACM, 2005.
6. D. Dearman, K. Hawkey, and K. M. Inkpen. Rendezvousing with location-aware devices: Enhancing social coordination. Interacting with Computers, 17(5):542-566, 2005.
7. D. Dearman, K. M. Inkpen, and K. N. Truong. Mobile map interactions during a rendezvous: exploring the implications of automation. Pers. and Ubiquitous Comput., Published online 4 March 2008, DOI: 10.1007/s00779-008-0195- 2.
8. S. Holland, D. R. Morse, and H. Gedenryd. Audiogps: Spatial audio navigation with a minimal attention interface. Pers. and Ubiquitous Comput., 6(4):253-259, 2002.
9. C. W. Johnson and L. Nilsen-Nygaard. Extending the use of evacuation simulators to support counter-terrorism: Using models of human behaviour to coordinate emergency responses to improvised explosive devices. In Proc. ISSC '08. System Safety Society, 2008.
10. L. Johnson and C. Higgins. A navigation aid for the blind using tactile-visual sensory substitution. In Proc. EMBS '06, pages 6289-6292. IEEE, 2006.
11. M. Jones, S. Jones, G. Bradley, N. Warren, D. Bainbridge, and G. Holmes. Ontrack: Dynamically adapting music playback to support navigation. Pers. and Ubiquitous Comput., 12(7):513-525, 2008.
12. S. K. Kane, J. O. Wobbrock, and I. E. Smith. Getting off the treadmill: evaluating walking user interfaces for mobile devices in public spaces. In Proc. MobileHCI '08, pages 109-118. ACM, 2008.
13. M. Lin, Y. Cheng, and W. Yu. Using tactons to provide navigation cues in pedestrian situations. In Proc. NordiCHI '08, pages 507-510. ACM, 2008.
14. S. K. Nagel, C. Carl, T. Kringe, R. Märtin, and P. König. Beyond sensory substitution-learning the sixth sense. J. Neural Engineering, 2(4):13-26, 2005.
15. T. Nicolai, E. Yoneki, N. Behrens, and H. Kenn. Exploring social context with the wireless rope. In Proc. OTM '06 Workshops, LNCS, pages 874-883. Springer, 2006.
16. S. Olofsson, V. Carlsson, and J. Sjölander. The friend locator: supporting visitors at large-scale events. Pers. and Ubiquitous Comput., 10(2-3):84-89, 2006.
17. H. Petrie, V. Johnson, S. Furner, and T. Strothotte. Design lifecycles and wearable computers for users with disabilities. In Proc. MobileHCI'98, 1998.
18. A. Pirhonen, S. Brewster, and C. Holguin. Gestural and audio metaphors as a means of control for mobile devices. In In Proc. CHI '02, pages 291-298, 2002.
19. T. Sokoler, L. Nelson, and E. R. Pedersen. Low-resolution supplementary tactile cues for navigational assistance. In Proc. MobileHCI '02, volume 2411 of LNCS, pages 525-539. Springer, 2002.
20. S. Strachan, P. Eslambolchilar, R. Murray-Smith, S. Hughes, and S. O'Modhrain. gpsTunes: controlling navigation via audio feedback. In Proc. MobileHCI '05, pages 275-278. ACM, 2005.
21. S. Strachan and R. Murray-Smith. Bearing-based selection in mobile spatial interaction. Pers. and Ubiquitous Comput., 13(4):265-280, 2009.
22. D. H. Titterton and J. L. Weston. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology (2nd Ed.). IET, 2004.
23. J. B. F. van Erp. Vibrotactile spatial acuity on the torso: Effects of location and timing parameters. In Proc. WHC '05, pages 80-85. IEEE, 2005.
24. J. B. F. van Erp, H. van Veen, C. Jansen, and T. Dobbins. Waypoint navigation with a vibrotactile waist belt. ACM Trans. App. Percept., 2(2):106-117, 2005.
25. B. N. Walker and J. Lindsay. Navigation performance with a virtual auditory display: Effects of beacon sound, capture radius, and practice. Human Factors, 48(2):265-278, 2006.
26. J. Williamson, R. Murray-Smith, and S. Hughes. Shoogle: excitatory multimodal interaction on mobile devices. In Proc. CHI '07, pages 121-124. ACM, 2007.
27. J. Williamson, S. Strachan, and R. Murray-Smith. It's a long way to Monte Carlo: probabilistic display in GPS navigation. In Proc. MobileHCI '06, pages 89-96. ACM, 2006.