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Reliving VE day with activated schemata. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Tzovaras, D. (2005). Reliving VE day with activated schemata. In Proc. 8th International Workshop on Presence (33-38)

This paper reports some preliminary work on the IntoMyWorld candidate Presence II project. One of the key components of IntoMyWorld is a mixed reality ‘album’ of important events. The album will contain entries which will allow people, for exampl... Read More about Reliving VE day with activated schemata..

Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting (2005)
Journal Article
Turner, P., Milne, G., Kubitscheck, M., Penman, I., & Turner, S. (2005). Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 9, 209-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-004-0322-7

This paper discusses the introduction of a wireless network of personal digital assistants into a specialist unit of a hospital in Edinburgh. All of the technology has been used ‘off-the-shelf’ and ‘out-of-the-box’. While we are able to report that t... Read More about Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting.

Care and involvement: a classification of user experience. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Davenport, E., & Turner, S. (2004). Care and involvement: a classification of user experience. In P. Turner, E. Davenport, & S. Turner (Eds.), Second Workshop on Space, Spatiality and Technologies

Integrated Decision Points for Interactive Movies (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tully, G., & Turner, S. (2004). Integrated Decision Points for Interactive Movies. In S. Göbel, U. Spierling, A. Hoffmann, I. Iurgel, O. Schneider, J. Dechau, & A. Feix (Eds.), Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment (61-67).

We describe a study which explores alternative means of communicating decision points in an interactive movie. The two variants used novel, non-disruptive cues embedded in the movie itself: a fade to black and white and a zoom effect accompanied by s... Read More about Integrated Decision Points for Interactive Movies.

Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing theexperiences of real and virtual places. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2004). Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing theexperiences of real and virtual places. In Proc. 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence (340-346)

An alternate approach to characterizing and describing experiences of both real and virtually recreated places is described both in theoretical and empirical terms

Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing the experiences of real and virtual places. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2004). Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing the experiences of real and virtual places. In Presence 2004 (340-346)

An alternate approach to characterizing and describing experiences of both real and virtually recreated places is described both in theoretical and empirical terms.

Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service. (2004)
Book Chapter
Turner, P., Milne, G., Turner, S., Kubitscheck, M., & Penman, I. (2004). Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service. In Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Access. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007

In this paper, we describe a pilot study of the clinical use of a wireless network of personal digital assistants (PDAs). We describe how we are dealing with the concerns of the clinicians with respect to maintaining the security of patient records a... Read More about Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service..

Beyond relative advantage: factors in end-user uptake of computer supported cooperative working. (2003)
Book Chapter
Turner, S., & Turner, P. (2003). Beyond relative advantage: factors in end-user uptake of computer supported cooperative working. In Advanced Topics in End User Computing II (18-43). Idea Press

Researchers in Information Systems have produced a rich collection of metaanalyses and models of factors influencing the uptake of information technologies. In the domain of CSCW, however, these models have largely been neglected, and while there are... Read More about Beyond relative advantage: factors in end-user uptake of computer supported cooperative working..

Place and placelessness in virtual environments. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., Carroll, F., Benyon, D., McCall, R., & Smyth, M. (2003). Place and placelessness in virtual environments. In Proc. 6th Annual International Workshop on Presence

Where am I? Place as the basis for Presence. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2003). Where am I? Place as the basis for Presence. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Workshop on Space, Spatiality and Technologies

Channelling expertise from Napier’s HCI group – human-centred knowledge transfer. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McEwan, T., Benyon, D., & Turner, S. (2003). Channelling expertise from Napier’s HCI group – human-centred knowledge transfer. In H. Johnson (Ed.), HCI 2003 - Designing for Society

The scope of the activities of Napier University’s HCI Group includes technology transfer, which led recently a national award. UCD is a typically mature set of ideas now ready for transfer, but as technology transfer gives way to knowledge transfer,... Read More about Channelling expertise from Napier’s HCI group – human-centred knowledge transfer..

Evaluating soundscapes as a means of creating a sense of place (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., McGregor, I., Turner, S., & Carroll, F. (2003). Evaluating soundscapes as a means of creating a sense of place.

We report an empirical study into the creation of, and response to, a soundscape of a computer centre. We contrast the use of presence questionnaires, as means of assessing the sense of being-there, against a more phenomenological approach. We con... Read More about Evaluating soundscapes as a means of creating a sense of place.

Recreating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, S., Turner, P., Carroll, F., O'Neill, S., Benyon, D., McCall, R., & Smyth, M. (2003, June). Recreating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments. Paper presented at 3rd UK Conference of the Environmental Psychology Network

The EC funded project BENOGO seeks to re-create real places using photo-realistic immersive virtual reality technology and in so doing investigates the nature of presence and sense of place in such environments. We discuss the first stages in our... Read More about Recreating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments..

Re-creating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, S., Turner, P., Carroll, F., O'Neill, S., Benyon, D., McCall, R., & Smyth, M. (2003, January). Re-creating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments. Paper presented at Benogo

The EC funded project BENOGO seeks to re-create real places using photo-realistic immersive virtual reality technology and in so doing investigates the nature of presence and sense of place in such environments. We discuss the first stages in our... Read More about Re-creating the Botanics: towards a sense of place in virtual environments.

Two phenomenological studies of place. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2003, January). Two phenomenological studies of place. Paper presented at BCS- HCI Conference 2003

We introduce our initial investigations into the phenomenology of place as part of the BENOGO project. BENOGO is concerned with giving people the experience of ‘being there without going there’. Employing a state-of-the-art mixture of photorealist... Read More about Two phenomenological studies of place..

An Affordance-based Framework for CVE Evaluation (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2002). An Affordance-based Framework for CVE Evaluation. In X. Faulkner, J. Finlay, & F. Détienne (Eds.), People and Computers XVI - Memorable Yet Invisible (89-103). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0105-5_6

We argue that a conceptual framework is required to support the practical evaluation of collaborative virtual environments. We propose such a framework based on an extended, three level concept of affordance. The application of the framework is il... Read More about An Affordance-based Framework for CVE Evaluation.

Embedding context of use in CVE design. (2002)
Journal Article
Turner, S., & Turner, P. (2002). Embedding context of use in CVE design. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 11(6), 665-676. https://doi.org/10.1162/105474602321050767

A consideration of eventual context of use is crucially important for the success of virtual environments destined for real-world organizations, yet it is frequently absent from accounts of the design of such applications. We describe how contextual... Read More about Embedding context of use in CVE design..

Contextual grounding in CVE design. (2002)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2002). Contextual grounding in CVE design. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 14, 30-38

A proper respect for eventual context of use is crucially important for the success of virtual environments destined for real-world organisations, yet is frequently absent from accounts of the design of such applications. We describe how contextual... Read More about Contextual grounding in CVE design..

An investigation into virtual representations of real places. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Arnspang, J., Benyon, D., Fahle, M., Granum, E., Madsen, C., Pajdla, T., …Weinshall, D. (2002). An investigation into virtual representations of real places. In Proc. Fifth Annual International Workshop on Presence (66-78)

The paper describes the main themes of a recently funded research project under the European Communitys Future and Emerging Technologies Presence initiative. The aim of the research is to develop new tools for empirical and theoretical studies of pre... Read More about An investigation into virtual representations of real places..