Outputs (6)

UrbanIxD: Exploring human interactions for the hybrid city (2022)
Thesis
Stals, S. L. A. UrbanIxD: Exploring human interactions for the hybrid city. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2967001

With the vision of ubiquitous computing becoming increasingly realised, a need is identified to create a better understanding of the relationship between person, place, and technology in the urban environment. The aim of this research in the field of... Read More about UrbanIxD: Exploring human interactions for the hybrid city.

UrbanIxD: From Ethnography to Speculative Design Fictions for the Hybrid City (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Stals, S., Smyth, M., & Mival, O. (2019). UrbanIxD: From Ethnography to Speculative Design Fictions for the Hybrid City. In Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium 2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3363384.3363486

This paper presents research in the field of Urban Interaction Design which seeks to understand how people's personal, emotional relationships with urban places could potentially inform the design of new technological devices and services. A Speculat... Read More about UrbanIxD: From Ethnography to Speculative Design Fictions for the Hybrid City.

Capturing, Exploring and Sharing People's Emotional Bond with Places in the City using Emotion Maps (2018)
Journal Article
Stals, S., Smyth, M., & Mival, O. (2018). Capturing, Exploring and Sharing People's Emotional Bond with Places in the City using Emotion Maps. Airea: Arts and Interdisciplinary Research, 1, 47-62. https://doi.org/10.2218/airea.2799

The vision of ubiqitous computing is becoming increasingly realized through smart city solutions. With the proliferation of smartphones and smartwatches, alongside the rise of the quantified-self movement, a new technological layer is being added to... Read More about Capturing, Exploring and Sharing People's Emotional Bond with Places in the City using Emotion Maps.

Exploring People's Emotional Bond with Places in the City: A Pilot Study (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Stals, S., Smyth, M., & Mival, O. (2017). Exploring People's Emotional Bond with Places in the City: A Pilot Study. In DIS '17 Companion Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems (207-212). https://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079147

This paper outlines a thesis that seeks to understand how people's experiences of places in the urban environment that are meaningful to them on a personal level, and in particular their stories and emotions connected to those personally significant... Read More about Exploring People's Emotional Bond with Places in the City: A Pilot Study.

Exploring Emotion, Affect and Technology in the Urban Environment (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Stals, S. (2017). Exploring Emotion, Affect and Technology in the Urban Environment. In DIS '17 Companion Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems (404-406). https://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079172

With the vision of ubiquitous computing becoming increasingly realized, a new technological layer is being added to the urban environment. This offers the possibility to augment our experience of the city, but to that end, there is a growing need to... Read More about Exploring Emotion, Affect and Technology in the Urban Environment.

Walking & talking: probing the urban lived experience. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Stals, S., Smyth, M., & Ijsselsteijn, W. (2014). Walking & talking: probing the urban lived experience. In Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Fun, Fast, Foundational - NordiCHI '14 (737-746). https://doi.org/10.1145/2639189.2641215

With ubiquitous mobile computing devices spreading throughout the urban environment of everyday life, there is a growing need to better understand person-place relationships and how technology can play a role in this urban experience. To this end, we... Read More about Walking & talking: probing the urban lived experience..