Spherical Interaction for Public Spaces (SIPS)

公共空间球形互动 (SIPS)

基本信息

批准号：
EP/M002675/1
负责人：
Julie Williamson
金额：
$ 11.26万
依托单位：
University of Glasgow
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2014 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FM002675%2F1
关键词：
Spherical Interaction Public Spaces SIPS

项目摘要

Public interactive displays have the potential to significantly enhance the quality of life for people living in future city spaces. However, current public displays and interfaces go unnoticed or completely ignored by the majority of passers-by. This presents a serious problem for the impact and uptake of touch sensitive displays if only a small minority will approach these displays and discover their interactive qualities. Existing approaches to designing and evaluating public displays have not been successful at realising the substantial opportunities that public displays afford. This research addresses this problem by exploiting recent technological developments in curved displays to create socially acceptable and enticing interactions for public spaces.Curved displays offer exciting opportunities for public interaction that are not possible with flat displays. For example, a cylindrical display mimics the shape and form traditional kiosks for flyers and notices that can be seen in many cities. This kind of display can be placed in a walkway and be viewed from many perspectives. Other non-flat shapes, such as spherical displays, allow multiple users to interact while facing each other and viewing vertical content. Installations where users can see each other and observe others interacting are more encouraging and result in higher rates of interaction than displays where users are unable to observe each other. Another important aspect of a spherical display is that the entire display is never completely visible from one perspective. While areas on the top may be visible to both users vertical areas of the screen are only visible to some. These "private" areas of the display could be exploited to support sharing, ownership, and collaboration on a social display.Given the new opportunities afforded by curved displays, foundational research is needed to understand how this new technology should be designed for and used in public spaces. There is limited research on interaction for curved surfaces and even less on curved surfaces for public spaces. An important aspect of this research is to develop novel multitouch interaction techniques that exploit the form factor of a curved display for public interaction. This will involve perceptual studies to learn the physical constraints and ergonomics of multitouch gestures on curved surfaces. This research will also explore how novel gestures and physical metaphors can enhance interaction on curved surfaces. This will involve evaluating user perceptions of control and responsiveness on a spherical display, simulating different levels of friction and weight for interactive elements.Another important aspect of this research involves how curved displays work in real public spaces as compared to flat displays. Little is known about how different interaction styles encourage or discourage continued use of flat or curved public displays. In order to measure these metrics at scale for large numbers of passers-by, new evaluation techniques are needed. This project introduces a novel evaluation technique to capture and analyse pedestrian traffic around public installations. This approach can quantify different metrics of public display usage and enable the collection of large-scale data sets not feasible with traditional observation methods.Finally, this research also aims to dramatically change the approach to designing public displays by considering context and impact on local spaces. Previous work on public displays has primarily involved flat displays and focused on making displays as noticeable and enticing as possible. This presents the possibility of creating unnecessary or unpleasant distraction and actually making public spaces less enjoyable places to be. This research will not only measure how enticing our displays are but also critically analyse the impact of these displays on the places where they are deployed.

公共互动式展示有可能显着提高未来城市空间中生活的人们的生活质量。但是，当前的公众显示和接口被大多数路人忽略或完全忽略了。如果只有少数族裔才能接近这些显示并发现它们的互动质量，这给触摸敏感显示器的影响和吸收带来了一个严重的问题。现有的设计和评估公共展示的方法尚未成功实现公众展示提供的大量机会。这项研究通过利用曲面显示器中的最新技术发展来解决这一问题，以创建社交可接受的公共空间互动。弯曲的显示为公共互动提供了令人兴奋的机会，而公共互动则是不可能的。例如，圆柱形显示模仿了许多城市中可以看到的传单和通知的传统售货亭。这种显示可以放置在人行道中，并从许多角度观看。其他非平局形状（例如球形显示）允许多个用户在彼此面对并查看垂直内容时进行交互。与用户无法彼此观察的显示相比，用户可以互相看到并观察其他互动的安装更令人鼓舞，并导致互动率更高。球形显示的另一个重要方面是，从一个角度来看，整个显示永远不会完全可见。虽然顶部的区域对于两个用户都可以看到屏幕的垂直区域，但某些用户只能看到。可以利用展示的这些“私人”领域来支持社交展示上的共享，所有权和协作。赋予曲面展示提供的新机会，需要基础研究来了解如何在此设计和使用这项新技术公共空间。关于弯曲表面相互作用的研究有限，在公共场所的曲面表面上甚至更少。这项研究的一个重要方面是开发新颖的多点触摸交互技术，以利用曲面显示的形式进行公共互动。这将涉及感知研究，以学习弯曲表面上多点触摸手势的物理约束和人体工程学。这项研究还将探讨新颖的手势和物理隐喻如何增强弯曲表面上的相互作用。这将涉及评估用户对控制和响应能力在球形显示上的看法，为交互式元素模拟不同级别的摩擦和重量。本研究的另一个重要方面涉及与平面显示相比，曲面显示器如何在实际公共空间中起作用。关于不同的互动方式如何鼓励或劝阻持续使用平面或弯曲的公共显示器，知之甚少。为了对大量路人进行大规模测量这些指标，需要新的评估技术。该项目介绍了一种新颖的评估技术，以捕获和分析公共装置周围的行人流量。这种方法可以量化公共显示使用情况的不同指标，并可以通过传统观察方法可行的大规模数据集的收集。在本文中，这项研究还旨在通过考虑上下文和对本地空间的影响来显着改变设计公共展示的方法。以前的公共展示工作主要涉及平面显示器，并着重于使展示尽可能引人注目和诱人。这提出了产生不必要或不愉快的干扰，并实际上使公共空间降低娱乐场所的可能性。这项研究不仅将衡量我们的展示方式的诱惑方式，而且还将批判性地分析这些显示器对部署的地方的影响。