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ACMDIS
2010
ACM
15 years 7 months ago
Creating a rural community display with local engagement
We present our experiences of using an iterative, prototypedriven approach to developing social systems with the participation of communities, inspired by probe-based methodologie...
Nick Taylor 0002, Keith Cheverst
SIGECOM
2008
ACM
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15 years 6 months ago
Self-financed wagering mechanisms for forecasting
We examine a class of wagering mechanisms designed to elicit truthful predictions from a group of people without requiring any outside subsidy. We propose a number of desirable pr...
Nicolas S. Lambert, John Langford, Jennifer Wortma...
PRESENCE
1998
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15 years 6 months ago
Human Factors Issues in Virtual Environments: A Review of the Literature
Virtual environments are envisioned as being systems that will enhance the communication between humans and computers. If virtual systems are to be effective and well received by ...
Kay M. Stanney, Ronald R. Mourant, Robert S. Kenne...
GROUP
2010
ACM
15 years 4 months ago
The effects of life disruptions on home technology routines
Conflict and disruption are a part of everyday life, yet research in the home largely examines consensus and rituals. In this paper, we use Holmes and Rahe's categorization o...
Jill P. Dimond, Erika Shehan Poole, Sarita Yardi
CHI
2011
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
From the lab to the world: lessons from extending a pointing technique for real-world use
We present the Pointing Magnifier as a case study for understanding the issues and challenges of deploying lab-validated pointing facilitation techniques into the real world. The ...
Alex Jansen, Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock