Ambient Information Displays
Speaker: Paul Jones, ITEE
When: 2005-11-08 15:00:00
Venue: 78-622
Host: Prof Neil Beregmann
Abstract:Ambient Information Displays provide an alternate method of
displaying information that does not require the constant attention
of the user. These displays may be of many forms ó some examples
include lights that change colour, sounds that vary dependent on
conditions and physical objects with the ability to display
information through ovement. The input conditions can be wide and
varied ó any information that can be digitised or processed
electronically is potentially a data source.
In order to provide Ambient Displays, a number of components are
required:
- Display Devices
- Information Sources
- Information Processing
- Device Configuration Management
- Connectivity between the information sources, processing and display devices
This thesis will cover all of the components involved within Ambient
Displays; however, the focus will be on developing a server based
framework for Ambient Displays. It is the authorùs assertion that an
Ambient Display framework combining collaborative workflows and
central server based management will provide a user experience where
the following aspects will be observed to evolve:
- As users become more familiar with the system, they will
progressively introduce more complex data transformations into
their personal collections (such as deriving averages of stock
performance instead of simple up/down indicators)
- Users used to "use anywhere" technology such as web-mail will take
advantage of the ability to control devices from anywhere by
changing settings on devices they may not necessarily be using at
the time ó controlling the information flow when it suits them ó
not when it suits their location.
- User feedback will emerge as an important factor, due to the ease
of performing fast feedback/improvement cycles afforded by
server-centralised software
Biography:(biography unavailable)
Type: MPhil confirmation
Contact:Prof Neil Beregmann, seminar host (neil@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)