An exploratory study of input modalities for mobile devices used with museum exhibits

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 895-904

  Jimenez, Priscilla ^a   Lyons, Leilah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Mobile devices; Museums; Opportunistic user interface; Ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

EXHIBITIONS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; USER INTERFACES;

COLLABORATION; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; EXHIBIT DESIGN; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INPUT MODALITIES; LEARNABILITY; MOBILE INTERFACE; MUSEUM EXHIBITS; OPPORTUNISTIC USER INTERFACE; SCALE-UP;

MUSEUMS;

EID: 79958086470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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