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About composing our own smart home

Published: 26 May 2010 Publication History

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This paper reports on an empirical study performed to validate a theoretical model about the composition of smart artifacts by end-users. We have solicited 17 families and used a combination of interviews and a playful cultural probe. Results show that families are willing to couple smart objects to improve their lives, and that the theoretical questions raised by our model are sound. New services are more easily envisioned when coupling involves a "communicating" object or a "programmable" object. Being a communicating object has more impact than being programmable. Services envisioned by families included: Service substitution (e.g., replacing the user interface of the alarm clock with that of the time setting available on mobile phones); Service improvement (e.g., extending appliances such as the washing machine, by coupling them with the interaction resources of the TV set); Service chaining as ready for use "packages" to improve well-being for routine activities; along with Service "starters" as a means to control packages. Other findings are related to the playful cultural probe. Based on pictures of objects taken by the family members, our probe served as an ice-breaker; family members "revealed their house" naturally and the use of images of intimate objects increased interest and imagination.

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AVI '10: Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
May 2010
427 pages
ISBN:9781450300766
DOI:10.1145/1842993
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  • Giuseppe Santucci
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Published: 26 May 2010

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  • (2013)Conflict detection and resolution in home and building automation systems: a literature reviewJournal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing10.1007/s12652-013-0184-95:5(699-715)Online publication date: 1-May-2013
  • (2012)The interaction space of a multi-device, multi-user music experienceProceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design10.1145/2399016.2399094(504-513)Online publication date: 14-Oct-2012

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