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Design Guidelines for Notifications on Smart TVs

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Alexandra Voit,

Rodrigo Ventura Fierro,

Niels HenzeAuthors Info & Claims

TVX '16: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

Pages 13 - 24

https://doi.org/10.1145/2932206.2932212

Published: 17 June 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Notifications are among the core mechanisms of most smart devices. Smartphones, smartwatches, tablets and smart glasses all provide similar means to notify the user. For smart TVs, however, no standard notification mechanism has been established. Smart TVs are unlike other smart devices because they are used by multiple people - often at the same time. It is unclear how notifications on smart TVs should be designed and which information users need. From a set of focus groups, we derive a design space for notifications on smart TVs. By further studying selected design alternatives in an online survey and lab study we show, for example, that users demand different information when they are watching TV with others and that privacy is a major concern. We derive according design guidelines for notifications on smart TVs that developers can use to gain the user's attention in a meaningful way.

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Design Guidelines for Notifications on Smart TVs
1. Human-centered computing

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TVX '16: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

June 2016

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ISBN:9781450340670

DOI:10.1145/2932206

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IIT Institute of Design, USA
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IIT Institute of Design, USA
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