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The demands from the user community of user interfaces better adapted to novice and casual users led to the development of interfaces based on a simple, easy and uniform method.
On the other hand, the rapid growth of computer networks will soon make it possible that novice users will use various kinds of services provided through a network.
Thus, it can be said that such novice users will soon come to need a communicating environment that will be both simpler, more direct and more transparent or intuitive for accessing services in a network.
We then propose an user interface concept named “MAP & ROOM” for easy and friendly communication in a network environment. In an application based on MAP & ROOM, a part of the network is expressed as a map metaphor in which a lot of buildings, shops, offices, etc. are located as objects for services provided by various parties, and the users can manipulate puppets as the other selves of himself or herself to walk around the map and access various services.
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Mizunashi, J., Nakagawa, K., Kojima, K., Matsushita, Y. (1993). MAP&ROOM:A concept of spatial user interface for accessing network services. In: Grechenig, T., Tscheligi, M. (eds) Human Computer Interaction. VCHCI 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 733. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57312-7_72
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