A novel interaction design approach for accessing daily casual information through a virtual creature

Kota Gushima, Hina Akasaki, Tatsuo Nakajima*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Ambient Bot that we have developed makes it possible to access information by eye contact with virtual creatures in an augmented reality environment. By using Ambient Bot, information can be accessed without using complex operations from smartphones. In this paper, we focus on how that access of information consists of a pull-based interaction method and a push-based interaction method and show the feasibility of both interaction methods in Ambient Bot. In the pull-based interaction method that was adopted by the original Ambient Bot, multiple virtual creatures float around a user. Since each creature provides a different piece of information, it is possible for a user to easily access multiple types of content simply by making eye contact with each creature. On the other hand, in the push-based interaction method, a virtual creature predicts appropriate pieces of information that a user wants and actively notifies the user of that information. Our aim is mainly to investigate the design spaces for the push-based interaction method in Ambient Bot. In addition, we also investigate whether the push-based interaction method in Ambient Bot can be used to offer serendipitous information that will help people come up with new ideas when they receive diverse, interesting stimuli.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDistributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions
Subtitle of host publicationUnderstanding Humans - 6th International Conference, DAPI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings
EditorsShin’ichi Konomi, Norbert Streitz
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages56-70
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9783319911243
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event6th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2018 Held as Part of HCI International 2018 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 2018 Jul 152018 Jul 20

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10921 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other6th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, DAPI 2018 Held as Part of HCI International 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period18/7/1518/7/20

Keywords

  • Augmented reality
  • Eye contact
  • Head-mounted display
  • Interaction modality
  • Notification
  • Virtual creature

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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