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Supporting efficient task switching in a work environment with a pervasive display

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Anastasia Kazakova,

Susanne BollAuthors Info & Claims

PerDis '16: Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays

Pages 13 - 19

https://doi.org/10.1145/2914920.2915003

Published: 20 June 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Switching tasks and being ready for the next appointment is a daily routine in todays office work. In this paper we report an experiment "in the wild" with Ambient Timer, an ambient light display designed to continuously and unobtrusively remind users of an upcoming appointment in the periphery of their attention. As a pilot study we did a participatory design study and used the resulting pattern in the evaluation. Our results suggest that Ambient Timer is well suited to support users in being on time for their appointments as well as wrapping up their current task in a sensible manner before having to get up. Users feel less distracted and more in the flow when using Ambient Timer than when using their regular state of the art reminding techniques.

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1. Human-centered computing

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PerDis '16: Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays

June 2016

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ISBN:9781450343664

DOI:10.1145/2914920

General Chairs:
Timo Ojala
University of Oulu, Finland
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University of Oulu, Finland
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Aarhus University, Denmark
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Ringier AG, Switzerland

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Silva LLeithardt VRolim CGonzález GGeyer CSilva J(2019)PRISER: Managing Notification in Multiples Devices with Data Privacy SupportSensors10.3390/s1914309819:14(3098)Online publication date: 13-Jul-2019
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Stratmann TKempa FBoll SKhamis MSorce SCauchard JGentile V(2019)LAMEProceedings of the 8th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays10.1145/3321335.3324935(1-5)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3321335.3324935
Voit AWeber DSchneegass SSchmidt AMichahelles FSchneegass SKritzler MIlic AKunze K(2016)Towards Notifications in the Era of the Internet of ThingsProceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Internet of Things10.1145/2991561.2998472(173-174)Online publication date: 7-Nov-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2991561.2998472

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