W. Keith Edwards, Mark W. Newman, Trevor F. Smith, Jana Sedivy, Shahram Izadi
Abstract — The number of different types of devices on the home network is expanding greatly. While this explosion of innovation provides compelling new devices to consumers, it problems with...
of a Situated Awareness Device (2008)
Abigail Sellen, Rachel Eardley, Shahram Izadi, Richard Harper
We describe the initial deployment of a prototype device to support awareness of people’s location and activities in an office environment. This is a first step toward the design and testing of a...
on Ubiquitous Computing, Austria, 2007). ThinSight: A new interaction technology for ubicomp (2008)
Steve Hodges, Shahram Izadi, Alex Butler, Alban Rrustemi
Abstract. We present a novel technology suitable for situated displays, called ThinSight. It combines up close zero-force multi-touch interaction, with interaction and data exchange from a distance...
CanYouSeeMeNow? A Citywide Mixed-Reality Gaming Experience (2008)
Rob Anastasi, Nick T, Martin Flintham, Andy Crabtree, Ju Row-farr, Jamie Iddon, ...
Abstract. Can You See Me Now? was a mobile mixed reality game that took place on-line and on the streets of a city. On-line players moved across a map of the city that they accessed over the...
Harry Brignull, Shahram Izadi, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Yvonne Rogers, Tom Rodden
introduction of a shared interactive surface into a
Homes That Make Us Smart 1 (2008)
Alex S. Taylor, Richard Harper, Laurel Swan, Shahram Izadi, Abigail Sellen, Mark Perry
Abstract: In this article we consider what it should mean to build ‘smartness ’ or ‘intelligence ’ into the home. We introduce an argument suggesting that it is people who imbue their homes...
Encouraging Community Spirit with Situated Displays (2008)
Taylor, Nick, Rouncefield, Mark, Cheverst, Keith, Izadi, Shahram
There is a widespread belief that ‘community’ has been greatly diminished in many areas, partly attributed to the isolation and weak social ties encouraged by modern technology such as...
Using Cellphones to Interact with Public Displays from a Distance (2008)
We detail a new approach for interacting at a distance with large public displays using a cellphone as a pointing device. Our approach allows cellphones with IrDA ports to interact with public...
Shahram Izadi, Ankur Agarwal, Antonio Criminisi, John Winn, Andrew Blake, Andrew Fitzgibbon
We introduce C-Slate, a new vision-based system, which utilizes stereo cameras above a commercially available tablet technology to support remote collaboration. The horizontally mounted tablet...
Building Bowls for Miscellaneous Media (2008)
Alex S. Taylor, Shahram Izadi, Laurel Swan, Richard Harper, Bill Buxton
In this paper, we describe an early design sketch of an augmented bowl. The sketch illustrates how a bowl’s physical properties might be used to enable a simple, lightweight method for casually...
HomeNote: Supporting Situated Messaging in the Home (2008)
Abigail Sellen, Richard Harper, Rachel Eardley, Shahram Izadi, Tim Regan, Alex S. Taylor, ...
In this paper we describe a field trial designed to investigate the potential of remote, situated messaging within the home. Five households used our “HomeNote ” device for approximately a month....
Locating Family Values: A Field Trial of the Whereabout Clock (2008)
Barry Brown, Alex S. Taylor, Shahram Izadi, Abigail Sellen, Joseph ‘jofish Kaye, Rachel Eardley
Abstract. We report the results of a long-term, multi-site field trial of a situated awareness device for families called the “Whereabouts Clock”. The Clock displayed family members ’ current...
DOI 10.1007/s00779-006-0076-5 ORIGINAL ARTICLE (2008)
Alex S. Taylor, Æ Richard Harper, Æ Laurel Swan, Shahram Izadi, Æ Abigail Sellen, Æ Mark Perry, ...
Abstract In this article we consider what it should mean to build ‘‘smartness’ ’ or ‘‘intelligence’ ’ into the home. We introduce an argument suggesting that it is people who imbue...
Lucia Terrenghi, David Kirk, Abigail Sellen, Shahram Izadi
This work presents the results of a comparative study in which we investigate the ways manipulation of physical versus digital media are fundamentally different from one another. Participants carried...
CID, Centre for User Oriented IT Design (2008)
Steve Benford, Mike Fraser, Boriana Koleva, John Bowers, Paul Ch, Shahram Izadi, ...
Hybrid physical-digital artefacts
ThinSight: Integrated Optical Multi-touch Sensing through Thin Form-factor Displays (2008)
Shahram Izadi, Steve Hodges, Alex Butler, Alban Rrustemi, Bill Buxton
Figure 1: ThinSight enables multi-touch sensing using novel hardware embedded behind an LCD. Left, multi-touch input on a regular laptop LCD. Top row, the sensor data after interpolation,...
ThinSight: Versatile Multi-touch Sensing for Thin Form-factor Displays (2007)
Steve Hodges, Shahram Izadi, Alex Butler, Alban Rrustemi, Bill Buxton
Figure 1: ThinSight enables multi-touch sensing using novel hardware embedded behind an LCD. Left: photo manipulation using multi-touch interaction on a regular laptop. Note that: the laptop screen...
ThinSight: Versatile Multi-touch Sensing for Thin Form-factor Displays (2007)
Steve Hodges, Shahram Izadi, Alex Butler, Alban Rrustemi, Bill Buxton
Figure 1: ThinSight enables multi-touch sensing using novel hardware embedded behind an LCD. Left: photo manipulation using multi-touch interaction on a regular laptop. Note that: the laptop screen...
SenseCam: a retrospective memory aid (2006)
Hodges, Steve., Williams, Lyndsay., Berry, Emma., Izadi, Shahram., Srinivasan, James., Bulter, Alex., ...
This paper presents a novel ubiquitous computing device, the Sense- Cam, a sensor augmented wearable stills camera. SenseCam is designed to capture a digital record of the wearer’s day, by...
SenseCam: A retrospective memory aid (2006)
Steve Hodges, Lyndsay Williams, Emma Berry, Shahram Izadi, James Srinivasan, Alex Butler, ...
Abstract. This paper presents a novel ubiquitous computing device, the Sense-Cam, a sensor augmented wearable stills camera. SenseCam is designed to capture a digital record of the wearer’s day, by...
A New Method for Auto-Calibrated Object Tracking (2005)
Paul Duff, Michael Mccarthy, Angus Clark, Henk Muller, Cliff Randell, Cliff R, ...
Ubiquitous computing technologies which are cheap and easy to use are more likely to be adopted by users beyond the ubiquitous computing community. We present an ultrasonic-only tracking system that...
ECT: a toolkit to support rapid construction of ubicomp environments (2004)
Chris Greenhalgh, Shahram Izadi, James Mathrick, Jan Humble, Ian Taylor
Abstract. We describe the motivation, design and initial implementation of the Equip Component Toolkit (ECT), a software toolkit for ubiquitous computing that is intended to reduce the cost –...
Dynamo: A Public Interactive Surface Supporting the Cooperative Sharing and Exchange of Media (2003)
Shahram Izadi, Harry Brignull, Tom Rodden, Yvonne Rogers, Mia Underwood
of media
User Interfaces When and Where They are Needed: An Infrastructure for Recombinant Computing (2002)
Mark W. Newman, Shahram Izadi, W. Keith Edwards, Jana Z. Sedivy, Trevor F Smith
Users in ubiquitous computing environments need to be able to make serendipitous use of resources that they did not anticipate and of which they have no prior knowledge. The Speakeasy recombinant...
The Augurscope: A Mixed Reality Interface for Outdoors (2002)
Holger Schnädelbach, Boriana Koleva, Martin Flintham, Mike Fraser, Shahram Izadi, Malcolm Foster, ...
The augurscope is a portable mixed reality interface for outdoors. A tripod-mounted display is wheeled to different locations and rotated and tilted to view a virtual environment that is aligned with...
Citywide: supporting interactive digital experiences across physical space (2002)
Shahram Izadi, Mike Fraser, Steve Benford, Martin Flintham, Chris Greenhalgh, Tom Rodden, ...
Abstract. The Citywide project is exploring ways in which technology can provide people with rich and engaging digital experiences as they move through physical space, including historical...
Speakeasy: A Platform for Interactive Public Displays (2002)
Julie Black Jason, Jason I. Hong, Mark W. Newman, W. Keith Edwards, Shahram Izadi, Jana Z. Sedivy, ...
This is our vision: display and interact with any media type on any kind of device that you want to turn into an electronic public display. We desire to support all media types and devices that exist...
User Interfaces When and Where They are Needed: An Infrastructure for Recombinant Computing (2002)
Mark W. Newman, Shahram Izadi, W. Keith Edwards, Jana Z. Sedivy, Trevor F Smith
Users in ubiquitous computing environments need to be able to make serendipitous use of resources that they did not anticipate and of which they have no prior knowledge. The Speakeasy recombinant...
Using Speakeasy for Ad Hoc Peer-to-Peer Collaboration (2002)
Keith Edwards Mark, Mark W. Newman, Jana Z. Sedivy, Trevor F Smith, Dirk Balfanz, D. K. Smetters, ...
Peer-to-peer systems appear promising in terms of their ability to support ad hoc, spontaneous collaboration. However, current peer-to-peer systems suffer from several deficiencies that diminish...
Using Speakeasy for Ad Hoc Peer-to-Peer Collaboration (2002)
W. Keith Edwards, W. Keith Edwards, Mark W. Newman, Mark W. Newman, Jana Z. Sedivy, Jana Z. Sedivy, ...
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Unearthing virtual history: using diverse interfaces to reveal hidden virtual worlds (2001)
Steve Benford, John Bowers, Paul Ch, Luigina Ciolfi, Martin Flintham, Mike Fraser, ...
Abstract. We describe an application in which museum visitors hunt for virtual history outdoors, capture it, and bring it back indoors for detailed inspection. This application provides visitors with...
Unearthing virtual history: using diverse interfaces to reveal hidden virtual worlds (2001)
Steve Benford, John Bowers, Paul Ch, Luigina Ciolfi, Martin Flintham, Mike Fraser, ...
Abstract. We describe an application in which museum visitors hunt for virtual history outdoors, capture it, and bring it back indoors for detailed inspection. This application provides visitors with...
The EQUIP platform: bringing together physical and virtual worlds (forthcoming (2001)
Chris Greenhalgh, Shahram Izadi, Tom Rodden, Steve Benford
Abstract. This paper presents EQUIP, a platform to support the convergence of real and virtual worlds by allowing a diverse set of heterogeneous devices to share information with each other and with...
Unearthing Virtual History: Using Diverse (2001)
Interfaces To Reveal, Steve Benford, John Bowers, Paul Ch, Luigina Ciolfi, Martin Flintham, ...
We describe an application in which museum visitors hunt for virtual history outdoors, capture it, and bring it back indoors for detailed inspection.
Bringing Together Physical, Chris Greenhalgh, Shahram Izadi, Tom Rodden, Steve Benford
This paper presents EQUIP, a platform to support the convergence of real and virtual worlds by allowing a diverse set of heterogeneous devices to share information with each other and with software...
Containing Family Clutter (1970)
Laurel Swan, Alex S. Taylor, Shahram Izadi, Richard Harper
In this paper, we present material from an ongoing ethnographic investigation of family life. Drawing on selected fieldwork materials, we look at the ways families deal with household clutter, and in...
The EQUIP Platform: Bringing Together Physical and Virtual Worlds
Chris Greenhalgh, Shahram Izadi, Tom Rodden, Steve Benford
This paper presents EQUIP, a platform to support the convergence of real and virtual worlds by allowing a diverse set of heterogeneous devices to share information with each other and with software...