Putting books back on the shelf

Norrie, L., Koelle, M., Murray-Smith, R. and Kranz, M. (2013) Putting books back on the shelf. In: 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Luleå, Sweden, 2-5 Dec 2013, pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1145/2541831.2541871)

Abstract

We consider the reasons why we organise books in a physical environment and investigate whether situating interactions with a smartphone could improve the user experience of e-readers. Our prototype uses the Kinect depth sensor to detect the position of a user in relation to sections of a physical bookshelf. We also built a mobile application that allows users to browse and organise digital books by moving between each section. We present our initial observations of a user study that evaluated search and categorisation tasks with our prototype. Our findings motivate reasons to explore digital books in a physical environment and indicate issues to consider when designing situated interactions with e-readers.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: ISBN: 9781450326483
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Murray-Smith, Professor Roderick and Norrie, Miss Lauren
• Authors: Norrie, L., Koelle, M., Murray-Smith, R., and Kranz, M.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science