Gradual Engagement between Digital Devices as a Function of Proximity: From Awareness to Progressive Reveal to Information Transfer
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2012-04-20T17:29:40Z
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Connecting and information transfer between the increasing
number of personal and shared digital devices in our
environment – phones, tablets, and large surfaces – is
tedious. One has to know which devices can communicate,
what information they contain, and how information can be
exchanged. Inspired by Proxemic Interactions, we
introduce novel interaction techniques that allow people to
naturally connect to and perform cross-device operations.
Our techniques are based on the notion of gradual
engagement between a person’s handheld device and the
other devices surrounding them as a function of finegrained
measures of proximity. They all provide awareness
of device presence and connectivity, progressive reveal of
available digital content, and interaction methods for
transferring digital content between devices from a
distance and from close proximity. They also illustrate how
gradual engagement may differ when the other device seen
is personal (such as a handheld) vs. semi-public (such as a
large display). We illustrate our techniques within two
applications that enable gradual engagement leading up to
information exchange between digital devices.
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Design, Human Factors