The aim of the project is to extend the emerging research area of user experience (UX) design of ICTs for collocated social interaction.
Digital technologies have become extremely proficient in supporting remote social and collaborative interactions, but they can also cocoon us from the people physically near to us, as we focus on creating social media content, Skype relatives, or play online videogames. Nevertheless, some forms of interactive digital media can provide a useful and valuable focal point for co-located people in real- world settings by providing social and functional resources that enhance proximate engagement.
Two forms of co-located media will be used to explore the interaction design of this innovative and emerging genre of systems: collaborative augmented reality games and mobile phone-based money transfer apps for face-to-face transactions.
The long-term results of this research will provide design guidance for digital media designers working in collocated social interaction.
Meet the Principal Investigator(s) for the project
Dr Mark Perry - Interdisciplinary ‘user studies’ researcher, focused on human-computer interaction and computer supported co-operative work. Extensive experience managing research projects, investigating and designing mobile, ubiquitous, distributed and collaborative technologies from a user-centred perspective. Leading research projects as Principal and Co-investigator Investigator. Experienced educator in Computer Science, teaching across a range of topics and ability levels for over 25 years, and contributor to QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Computing (2022). Research community building, including reviewing and committee work, ACM CHI Associate Chair 2007, 2009, 2012-14, Subcommittee Chair 2010 and 2015, and Technical Programme Chair, 2018. ACM SIGCHI Executive Committee member (2019-21). Senior committee member, MobileHCI 2012. Senior member of the ACM. Previous holder of the Royal Society Kan Tong Po International Fellowship (2018).
Related Research Group(s)
Interactive Multimedia Systems - Building sensor and media-rich, cross-layer, inclusive e-systems, with an interest in human-machine interaction, sensorial-based interfaces, data visualisation and multimedia.
Human Computer Interaction - Investigating ways in which humans and computers can interact through intuitive interface design, understanding of human factors and multimedia.
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Project last modified 12/10/2023