Ubimedia based on readable and writable memory tags

Abstract

Ubimedia is a concept where media files are embedded in everyday objects and the environment. We propose an approach where the user can read and write these files with his/her personal mobile phone simply by touching the physical objects. This facilitates easy access and storage of, e.g. video and audio files related to the physical object in question. This paper describes our work in developing a technical solution for ubimedia and studying user acceptance of forthcoming ubimedia services. Our technical development of the ubimedia concept has been focused on a mobile phone platform with a tag reader/writer, memory tags with large storage capacity, and the communication between the phone and the tags. Currently, the technical design is in test and evaluation phase. The preliminary results show that the concept works and it can be implemented technically. In parallel with the technical development, we have studied usage possibilities for ubimedia and user acceptance of future ubimedia services. User acceptance has been studied in a web survey and in user evaluations of proofs-of-concept. In addition, an ethical assessment has been carried out. The users appreciated especially the simplicity, speed, low cost and reliability of ubimedia. Ethical concerns were related to control over the download with regard to viruses and other unwanted content.

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“…Experimental intelligent environments have been built in enclosed spaces such as laboratories, homes and museums, where the technical arrangements are manageable and affordable, and where there are fewer stakeholders involved. Research results on intelligent environments have been described in the fields of housing [16][17][18], health [18,19], assisted living [20][21][22][23], ambient media [13,24] as well as security and safety [18,23,25,26]. These application fields are often interconnected as, for instance, home services may include security features.…”

“…The results by Kaasinen et al [84] indicated that the best technique for touching would probably be having a 'touch mode' that can be activated and deactivated either manually or automatically. More recently, Kaasinen et al [24] have studied the acceptance and user experience of touchable memory tags. Ease of upload and fun interaction were identified as the main strengths of such an interaction metaphor.…”

“…Publications about user research in this area are diverse and do not currently allow a holistic view of UX and expectations of haptic interaction. Nevertheless, the following provides an early consolidation of the UX-related aspects discussed above, mainly to be used as early guidance in the design of touch-and movement-based interactions in general and especially in AmI services:  Fun, enjoyable and exciting interaction [24,85]  Efficient, practical and intuitive [75,85]  Collaboration and communication: facilitating and catalyzing collaboration and communication between people, shared experiences in multi-user applications (e.g., [79])  Socially acceptable [85]  Added richness and immersion [75]  Accuracy in selecting and manipulating objects in the real world and the digital content related to them  Inherent challenge in specifying distance and direction [84]  Requirements of privacy and control [75] The different submodalities in the haptic modality enable extensive ways of inputting information into a system and providing immersive and intuitive output for the user in a multi-modal, holistic way. Thus, touch-based interaction also has great potential to help make ambient intelligence a wellaccepted technology and a central part of the everyday life.…”