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An exploratory study on the use of camera phones and pico projectors in rural India

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Divya Ramachandran,

Edward Cutrell,

Ravin BalakrishnanAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '11: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Pages 347 - 356

https://doi.org/10.1145/2037373.2037426

Published: 30 August 2011 Publication History

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We explore the potential of using camera phones and pico projectors in rapid creation and presentation of digital content in a development context. A camera phone based content authoring application was designed and deployed with three different user populations in the domains of classroom education and health care. Our findings show that despite the variations in education levels, cultural background, and technology exposure, users successfully created and presented different forms of digital content using the camera phone and pico projector.

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MobileHCI '11: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

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