The Swarm: Decreasing Gratuitous Mobile Interaction by Increasing Digital Content
(2007) The Swarm: Decreasing Gratuitous Mobile Interaction by Increasing Digital Content. The Telecommunications Journal of Australia.
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Abstract
A series of internationally patent protected mobile phone prototypes called The Swarm have been developed in response to the user needs identified in a three-year empirical study of young people’s use of mobile phones. The prototypes take cues from user led innovation and provide multiple avatars that allow individuals to define and manage their own virtual identity. This paper briefly maps the evolution of the prototypes and then describes how the pre-defined, color coded avatars in the latest version are being given greater context and personalization through the use of digital images. This not only gives serendipity a nudge by allowing groups to come together more easily, it provides contextual information that can reduce gratuitous contact.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | Mobile phones, digital images, virtual presence |
| Subjects: | 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280104 Computer-Human Interaction |
| ID Code: | 12597 |
| Deposited By: | Satchell, Christine |
| Deposited On: | 21 February 2008 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://publications.epress.monash.edu/loi/tja |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2007 Monash University ePress |
| Additional Information: | For more information, please refer to the journal’s website (see hypertext link) or contact the author. |