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T1 - Extending architectural theories of space syntax to understand the effect of environment on the salience of situated displays
AU - Dalton, Nick
AU - Marshall, Paul
AU - Dalton, Ruth
PY - 2013/6/4
Y1 - 2013/6/4
N2 - Research is increasingly focusing on the role of spatial context in encouraging or discouraging interaction with public displays. However, there are few tools available to aid researchers in analyzing space in terms of its relevant properties when deciding where the most appropriate location is to position a display. In this paper we argue that a taxonomy of space is necessary to begin to understand how to enhance interaction within it. Previous work has suggested that a group of architectural theories known collectively as Space Syntax may be relevant to the problem of positioning situated displays. This paper reports on an initial study conducted to examine the utility of Space Syntax measures for positioning public displays for maximum salience. The outcome of the study was that different representations were found to be more memorable when positioned in different shapes of spaces. Specifically, the memorably of text and images differed with the size and jaggedness of the space in which they were displayed. We suggest that tools need to be developed for public display researchers to systematically study these and similar effects across a variety of contexts. We introduce software called Infinite Horizon that has been developed to facilitate this taxonomic work.
AB - Research is increasingly focusing on the role of spatial context in encouraging or discouraging interaction with public displays. However, there are few tools available to aid researchers in analyzing space in terms of its relevant properties when deciding where the most appropriate location is to position a display. In this paper we argue that a taxonomy of space is necessary to begin to understand how to enhance interaction within it. Previous work has suggested that a group of architectural theories known collectively as Space Syntax may be relevant to the problem of positioning situated displays. This paper reports on an initial study conducted to examine the utility of Space Syntax measures for positioning public displays for maximum salience. The outcome of the study was that different representations were found to be more memorable when positioned in different shapes of spaces. Specifically, the memorably of text and images differed with the size and jaggedness of the space in which they were displayed. We suggest that tools need to be developed for public display researchers to systematically study these and similar effects across a variety of contexts. We introduce software called Infinite Horizon that has been developed to facilitate this taxonomic work.
KW - interactive displays
KW - public displays
KW - space
KW - space syntax
U2 - 10.1145/2491568.2491585
DO - 10.1145/2491568.2491585
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781450320962
SP - 73
EP - 78
BT - PerDis 2013 - Proceedings
A2 - Schilit, Bill N.
A2 - Want, Roy
A2 - Ojala, Timo
PB - ACM
CY - United States
ER -