Outputs (3)

Scenarios for Companions. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benyon, D., & Mival, O. (2008, September). Scenarios for Companions

This paper is concerned with understanding the needs ofCompanion owners (the people formerly known as ‘users’) and in how thoserequirements can be represented, with the whole interaction design, with how the Companion will learn, or be instructed, so... Read More about Scenarios for Companions..

Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2008, June). Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method. Presented at ICAD 2008: The 14th annual International Conference on Auditory Display, Paris, France

The introduction of effective auditory warnings into a shared environment requires a prior understanding of the existing soundfield and soundscape. Reifying the physical and perceptual auditory environment enables a form of pre-auditioning, as well a... Read More about Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method.

Being-with: A study of familiarity (2008)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2008). Being-with: A study of familiarity. Interacting with Computers, 20(4-5), 447-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2008.04.002

How people learn to use an interactive device has always been an important field of research in human-computer interaction (HCI). The theoretical bases of which have ranged from the traditional cognitive perspectives through situated learning to coll... Read More about Being-with: A study of familiarity.