Assessing the Suitability of Context Information for Ambient Display

Steve Neely, Graeme Stevenson, Paddy Nixon

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Abstract

With the advance of pervasive technology, information from both the physical and virtual world is increasingly accessible to developers. Context-aware applications may consume relevant aspects of this information as they support user tasks. When conveying information to people, the mechanism for presentation must be carefully considered. As ambient devices are centred on the notion of calm-technology, it is logical that certain types of data lend themselves to ambient display more easily than others. In this paper we present our initial investigations into the properties of contextual information best suited for display using ambient technologies. We present the feature set extracted from our investigation, and apply examples that satisfy these criteria to our prototype ambient device, the visual calendar.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAmbient Information Systems 2007
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Ambient Information Systems - Colocated at Pervasive 2007
EditorsWilliam R. Hazlewood, Lorcan Coyle, Sunny Consolvo
Place of PublicationGermany
PublisherCEUR Workshop Proceedings
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
Volume254
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event1st International Workshop on Ambient Information Systems
Colocated at Pervasive 2007
- Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Duration: 13 May 200713 May 2007

Publication series

NameCEUR Workshop Proceedings
PublisherRheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Volume254
ISSN (Print)1613-0073

Workshop

Workshop1st International Workshop on Ambient Information Systems
Colocated at Pervasive 2007
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period13/05/0713/05/07

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