Dynamo

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Dynamo

• Shared Interactive Surface in a
• Communal Space
• http//www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/interact/projects/dynam
  o.htm

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Goals

• Discover how the interactive shared surface
• invites users to interact when it is first
  introduced
• improves a sense of community in public settings

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Dynamo Tool

• Simultaneous input from multiple users
• Various wireless interaction points

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Dynamo Tool

• Incorporates external devices
• USB drives
• Digital Cameras
• Laptops
• PDAs
• Smart phones
• MP3 players
• Media players

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Dynamo Tool

• Palettes for moving information

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Dynamo Tool

• Carving to create spaces with permissions

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Dynamo Tool

• Parcels Notes for asynchronous sharing

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Dynamo Evaluation

• System interactions were logged

Synchronous Asynchronous
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Dynamo Evaluation

• Observations after introducing Dynamo
• Images and Video were the most popular
• Often interact simultaneously
• Students removed item teacher placed
• Policeman behavior
• Direct and indirect interaction
• Graceful buy-in initial adoption of the tool is
  a success!

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Discussion

• More useful or distracting?
• Less focus on study (work) tasks because of
• setting,
• collaborative nature, or
• tools focus on media?
• Carving useful? Same as two parcels open?
• one shared window multiple windows in shared
  space
• Future work in other collaborative settings.
• Will this be useful in work related settings?

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Demo

• http//www.ux-design.net/dynamo-interactive.com/vi
  deo.php?p