Large displays in urban life - from exhibition halls to media facades

Abstract

Recent trends show an increasing prevalence of large interactive displays in public urban life. For example, museums, libraries, public plazas, or architectural facades take advantage of interactive technologies that present information in a highly visual and interactive way. Studies confirm the potential of large interactive display installations for educating, entertaining, and providing evocative experiences. This workshop will provide a platform for researchers and practitioners from different disciplines to exchange insights on current research questions in the area. The workshop will focus on how to design large interactive display installations that promote engaging experiences that go beyond playful interaction, and how to evaluate their impact. The goal is to cross-fertilize insights from different disciplines, establish a more general understanding of large interactive displays in public urban contexts, and to develop an agenda for future research directions in this area. KeywordsLarge display interaction, public spaces, user experience, interaction and content design..

Social and privacy aspects of a system for collaborative public expression

“…Some of the possibilities behind the SSI platform have been demonstrated in two applications, a brainstorming tool [12] and a photo-sharing tool [13]. At the same time public interfaces, such as interactive billboards, are becoming more and more common in urban centers [6]. In recent years there has been some interest in how to design interactive systems for public and semi-public places (for an overview see [16]).…”

Slicing the Aurora

“…We designed the visualization for large displays because of its benefits for deployment in public spaces such as libraries or museums [11], and to support multiple people interacting with it at the same time. Large displays are proliferating in (semi-)public spaces [10,12,17], and have been explored for "educational, entertaining, participative, and evocative experiences" [10]. This makes these displays an ideal platform for creating engaging information visualization experiences for the general public.…”

Reveal-it!

“…As display technology is developing rapidly, it is likely that this trend will accelerate, so that people will become more accustomed to this type of situated media [19,41]. With their visual presence and opportunistic accessibility, such urban displays form promising communication platforms for citizens [9,14,23,41]. While the majority of urban displays serve mainly civic, commercial, artistic or entertainment purposes, only few works present a civic goal: that of increasing the awareness and discourse on socially relevant topics [1,38].…”