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CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
The comforting presence of relational agents
In this paper we describe an on-going experiment on the calming effects of a relational agent on users following a social bonding interaction. Applications to a range of health ca...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Schulman
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Modalities for building relationships with handheld computer agents
In this paper we describe the design of a relational agent interface for handheld computers and the results of a study exploring the effectiveness of different useragent interacti...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Mauer
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
SMOKS: the memory suits
Joanna Berzowska, Marcelo Coelho
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Memory-rich clothing
Joanna Berzowska, Marcelo Coelho
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Communicating more than nothing
Strong social connections permeate one's daily life. With the numerous means available, these connections can easily dominate one's communications, though one only wants...
Tony Bergstrom, Karrie Karahalios
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
RoomBugs: simulating insect infestations in elementary classrooms
This paper presents research on a collaborative learning environment in an urban elementary science classroom. The application, called RoomBugs, simulates a dynamic ecosystem of i...
Michael Barron, Tom Moher, Jeff Maharry
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Reality testing: HCI challenges in non-traditional environments
Non-traditional environments often change rapidly without forewarning, are difficult or impossible to control, and have other environmental and operational constraints that cannot...
Gisele Bennett, Gitte Lindgaard, Bruce Tsuji, Kay ...
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Entertainment media at home: looking at the social aspects
In this paper, we consider how the relationship between content providers and content consumers is modified by configuration (especially in the case of end-user programming) and b...
Louise Barkhuus, Jennifer Ann Rode, Genevieve Bell
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
PygmyBrowse: a small screen tree browser
We present PygmyBrowse, a browser that allows users to navigate a tree data structure in a limited amount of display space. A pilot evaluation of PygmyBrowse was conducted, and re...
Zvi Band, Ryen W. White
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
In search of end-users
Learning from end-users is essential to participatory design. In order to learn from end-users we need to find end-users to collaborate with. However, finding end-users can be the...
Rachel K. E. Bellamy, Tracee Vetting Wolf, Rhonda ...