The Cornwall a-book: An Augmented Travel Guide Using Next Generation Paper

Frohlich, David M.; Corrigan-Kavanagh, Emily; Bober, Miroslaw; Yuan, Haiyue; Sporea, Radu A.; Borgne, Brice Le; Scarles, Caroline; Revill, George; Duppen, Jan van; Brown, Alan W.; Beynon, Megan

doi:10.3998/3336451.0022.101

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“…By reducing the modifications required to the physical book, the interaction is improved from both the existing NGP technical solution and Bailey's approach with the digital Bookmark. [11,37] In this article, we are presenting three techniques for automatically recognizing the open page of a book, applicable to both soft and hard cover volumes. The following sections introduce the three solutions and discuss the functionality of each method as well as potential limitations.…”

Section: The Magic Bookmark-overviewmentioning

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Magic Bookmark: A Nonintrusive Electronic System for Functionalizing Physical Books

Bairaktaris

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Advanced Intelligent Systems

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The use of physical paper is often preferred due to its unique physical properties that improve various aspects of reading. However, digital media and information are more engaging, diverse, and up to date, thereby challenging the existence of paper in our everyday life. By combining the two types of media in a seamless way, the interactivity of multimedia content can complement the reading experience, maintaining the unique feel of paper books. The current state of the art addressing this application negatively impacts the reading experience and often does not consider the manufacturability and sustainability of the proposed solutions. Herein, the Magic Bookmark, a technical solution for automatically recognizing the open page of a physical book, to provide seamless augmentation without changing the user's behavior and experience significantly is introduced. Three alternative solutions are implemented, with various degrees of ease of use, manufacturability at scale, and reliability of data reading. The optimal realization is found to be a reflective optical readout array, for which routes to implementation that may allow blending the graphical and functional aspects of the augmented book are proposed.

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Section: The Magic Bookmark-overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Magic Bookmark: A Nonintrusive Electronic System for Functionalizing Physical Books

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Siderov

Celebiler³

et al. 2021

Advanced Intelligent Systems

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“…In this work we are describing two hardware solutions, which can seamlessly augment printed paper books. The systems are designed within the Next Generation Paper (NGP) project [25,26], addressing the augmentation of paper with a single ecosystem (Figure 1) optimized for producing, consuming, and maintaining digital content associated with a printed book. The technology, developed in collaboration with book publishers, is optimized for existing publishing workflows.…”

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Printed Light Tags and the Magic Bookmark

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Frohlich

Sporea

2021

Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Paper books offer a unique physical feel, which supports the reading experience through enhanced browsing, bookmarking, freeform annotations, memory and reduced eye strain. In contrast, electronic solutions, such as tablets and e-readers, offer interactive links, updatable information, easier content sharing, and efficient collaboration. To combine the best aspects of paper and digital information for reading, we demonstrate two mechanisms for augmenting paper with light sensors that trigger digital links on a nearby smartphone. Light Tags on every page of a book are used in a first demonstration to identify which pages are open. These are replaced with an electronic Magic Bookmark in a second demonstration, avoiding the need to instrument every page. CCS CONCEPTS • HardwareàCommunication hardware, interfaces and storageàSensor devices and platforms • Human-centered computingàHuman computer interaction (HCI)àInteraction devices

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“…The effect was magical; resulting in the playback of narrations or ambient sounds from the scenes in the photos, simply by turning the pages. 4 We are currently developing two types of augmented paper technology based on image recognition and embedded electronics on the "Next Generation Paper" project at Surrey (FROHLICH et al, 2019). This technology would make it very easy to create the kinds of Talking Photo Albums that are commercially available today, and related research prototypes that have been shown to be beneficial for older people or those suffering from dementia (PIPER; WEIBEL; HOLLAN, 2013; LAZAR; EDASIS; PIPER, 2017).…”

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Recommendations for Technoly Re-Invention for an Older Market

Frohlich¹

2021

Estud. interdiscip. envelhec.

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Older people can often fall on the wrong side of the ‘digital divide’ in terms of accessing and enjoying new digital technology. One approach to this issue is to provide training programmes and customisation techniques for using existing technology. However, another is to re-invent technology with and for older people themselves. In this paper, I propose four recommendations for re-invention, and illustrate these with examples in the domain of digital photography.

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The Cornwall a-book: An Augmented Travel Guide Using Next Generation Paper

Cited by 10 publications

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Magic Bookmark: A Nonintrusive Electronic System for Functionalizing Physical Books

Magic Bookmark: A Nonintrusive Electronic System for Functionalizing Physical Books

Printed Light Tags and the Magic Bookmark

Recommendations for Technoly Re-Invention for an Older Market

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