CityFlocks
- 25 February 2008
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 174-183
- https://doi.org/10.1145/1394445.1394464
Abstract
CityFlocks is a mobile system enabling visitors and new residents in a city to tap into the knowledge and experiences of local residents, so as to gather information about their new environment. Its design specifically aims to lower existing barriers of access and facilitate social navigation in urban places. This paper presents a design case study of a mobile system prototype that offers an easy way for information seeking new residents or visitors to access tacit knowledge from local people about their new community. In various user tests we evaluate two general user interaction alternatives - direct and indirect social navigation - and analyse under what conditions which interaction method works better for people using a mobile device to socially navigate urban environments. The outcomes are relevant for the user interaction design of future mobile information systems that leverage off of a social navigation approach.Keywords
Funding Information
- Australian Research Council (DP0663854)
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