Towards Interactive Screens
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The document discusses the future potential of interactive screens as part of a signage network, emphasizing user interaction and personalization. It outlines the infrastructure necessary for multi-user experiences and the lessons learned from an event where these screens were deployed. Future work aims to enhance interaction through multi-touch and personalization while encouraging collaboration and exploration.
Towards Interactive Screens
- 1. TOWARDS INTERACTIVE SCREENS Chaki Ng 6/7/2010 MIT Media Lab/Harvard 1
- 2. interactive screens = the future? 2
- 3. deployed/ing a signage network? 3
- 4. support users interactions? how? 4
- 5. dump terminals who are you? wait in line loops only MOST SCREENS 5
- 7. olpc e-ink minority report robots citycar scratch MEDIA LAB candy store for grown-ups 7
- 9. CUBES 9
- 10. CUBES 10
- 11. SPONSOR WEEK a.k.a. “circus” 11
- 12. THE GLASS INFRASTRUCTURE • Touchscreens throughout the building • RFID for everyone • Multi-user interactions/sharing • Structured and free explorations • Portfolio 12
- 13. WALL MOUNT 13
- 14. FREE STANDING 14
- 15. ENCASING 15
- 16. RFID 16
- 17. ANATOMY samsung, mac mini, reader+antenna, mouse client, rfid service 17
- 18. clients screen leaderboard portfolio photostation frontend services backend user profile rfid services service databases COMPONENTS 18
- 19. SCREEN 19
- 20. SCREEN 20
- 21. SCREEN 21
- 22. LEADERBOARD 22
- 23. PHOTOSTATION 23
- 24. LAUNCH EXPERIENCE • 500+ guests for 3 full days • 30 wall-mounted screens, 6 free standing, 2 leaderboards • Thousands of charms collected, hundreds of exchanges • Great for an “alpha” project 24
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- 26. UX LESSONS 26
- 27. ICON = SIMPLICITY good for the use case; more security not necessary 27
- 28. ATM EFFECT do design clues to encourage collaboration 28
- 29. FIND LEAD USERS they will train others for you 29
- 30. FINGERPRINTS do assume people will touch any UX elements 30
- 31. TOO SIMPLE do explain “smart” UX design 31
- 32. UX EXPLOSION do worry about extreme cases 32
- 33. TAKE YOUR TURN do work around device limitations... 33
- 34. FUTURE WORK • interaction: multi-touch, gestural, facial • personalization: cell phones, multiple visits • collaboration: gaming, people recommendations • exploration: richer learning model, user-contribution • open: rfid api, new apps, ads/messages 34
- 35. collaborators: Chaki Ng viral communications, information ecology, chaki@post.harvard.edu and NeCSys 35