Magic moments in situated mediascapes

Reid, Josephine; Hull, Richard; Cater, Kirsten; Fleuriot, Constance

doi:10.1145/1178477.1178529

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“…For example, the Mobile Bristol project [Reid et al 2005] created situated experiences, such as an "interactive play" in Bristol's Queen Square. The Equator Citywide project [Benford et al 2003] developed games played in urban settings.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Instrumenting the City: Developing Methods for Observing and Understanding the Digital Cityscape

O’Neill

Kostakos

Kindberg

et al. 2006

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. We approach the design of ubiquitous computing systems in the urban environment as integral to urban design. To understand the city as a system encompassing physical and digital forms and their relationships with people's behaviours, we are developing, applying and refining methods of observing, recording, modelling and analysing the city, physically, digitally and socially. We draw on established methods used in the space syntax approach to urban design. Here we describe how we have combined scanning for discoverable Bluetooth devices with two such methods, gatecounts and static snapshots. We report our experiences in developing, field testing and refining these augmented methods. We present initial findings on the Bluetooth landscape in a city in terms of patterns of Bluetooth presence and Bluetooth naming practices.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Instrumenting the City: Developing Methods for Observing and Understanding the Digital Cityscape

O’Neill

Kostakos

Kindberg

et al. 2006

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

148

122

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“…The findings from [43] imply that the fact that the riots took place in that actual location was an important factor in the enjoyment of the experience, and authenticity provides a sense of Bcoming alive^which allows people to view a place in a new way, supporting the findings for immersion as discussed by [42]. Further, results from the user trial in [42] suggest that the combination of different sound files and a constant background sound of a riot meant that the user was continuously 'in' the riot: BThere's one thing to read about something and see pictures but when you actually hear the pain and the anguish … it makes you think well this actually happened.T he Riots of 1831 were also the centre of another study.…”

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“…The design implications reported by [43] suggest that authenticity supports a sense of immersion by highlighting the significance of authenticity and setting for creating "magic moments" in an experience, particularly that: Bfor history based Mediascapes, exposing authenticity is a powerful emotive mechanism to make people feel a connection to the past^.…”

Section: Lmes Relating To Local History or Heritagementioning

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Supporting the consumption and co-authoring of locative media experiences for a rural village community: design and field trial evaluation of the SHARC2.0 framework

Cheverst

Turner

et al. 2016

Multimed Tools Appl

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Locative Media Experiences (LMEs) have significant potential in enabling visitors to engage with the places that they visit through an appreciation of local history. For example, a visitor to Berlin that is exploring remnants of the Berlin Wall may be encouraged to appreciate (or in part experience) the falling of the Berlin wall by consuming multimedia directly related to her current location such as listening to audio recordings of the assembled crowds on 10th November 1989. However, despite the growing popularity of enabling technologies (such as GPS-equipped smart phones and tablets), the availability of tools that support the authoring of LMEs is limited. In addition, mobile apps that support the consumption of LMEs typically adopt an approach that precludes users from being able to respond with their own multimedia contributions. In this article we describe the design and evaluation of the SHARC2.0 framework that has been developed as part of our long-term and participatory engagement with the rural village of Wray in the north of England. Wray has very limited cellular data coverage which has placed a requirement on the framework and associated tools to operate without reliance on network connectivity. A field study is presented which featured a LME relating to Wray's local history and which contained multimedia content contributed by members of the community including historic photos (taken from an existing 'Digital Multimed Tools Appl (2017) Noticeboard' system), audio-clips (from a local historian and village residents) and video (contributed during a design workshop). The novelty of our approach relates to the ability of multiple authors to contribute to a LME in-situ, and the utilisation of personal cloud storage for storing the contents associated with a multi-authored LME.

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“…The importance of this aspect of locative media is described by (Willis and Cheverst, 2011) To date, locative media has been exploited in various domains but most notably: storytelling (Procyk & Neustaedter 2014), literature (Løvlie, 2012), games (Procyk & Neustaedter 2014;Bell et al 2009), city exploration relating to cultural heritage and history (Cheverst et al, 2002;Reid et al, 2005;Nisi et al 2006 andFitzGerald et al 2012) and mobile learning (Heimonen et al 2013).…”

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Supporting the Mobile In-situ Authoring of Locative Media in Rural Places

Cheverst

Trien

Fitton

2015

International Journal of Handheld Computing Research

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Providing users with carefully authored Locative media experiences (which can be consumed via a GPS equipped smartphones or tablets) has significant potential for fostering a strong engagement with their current surroundings. However, the availability of mobile tools to support the authoring of locative media experiences in-situ, and by non-technical users, remains scarce. In this article we present the design and 'in the wild' expert evaluation of a mobile app developed under the SHARC project (Investigating Technology Support for the Shared Curation of Local History in a Rural Community). The app is named SMAT (SHARC Mobile Authoring Tool) and supports the authoring of Locative Media experiences with a focus on the creation of POIs (Points Of Interest) and associated geo-fences which trigger the pushed delivery of media items such as photos, videos and audio clips. One important requirement of SMAT is the ability to support authoring in places where connectivity is intermittent or unavailable, e.g. many rural areas.

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Magic moments in situated mediascapes

Cited by 37 publications

References 3 publications

Instrumenting the City: Developing Methods for Observing and Understanding the Digital Cityscape

Instrumenting the City: Developing Methods for Observing and Understanding the Digital Cityscape

Supporting the consumption and co-authoring of locative media experiences for a rural village community: design and field trial evaluation of the SHARC2.0 framework

Supporting the Mobile In-situ Authoring of Locative Media in Rural Places

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