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Perception of information: enriching location specific information through the use of calm computing
Author(s)
Molenaar, Daryn
Date Issued
2011
Type
Thesis
Publisher
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Abstract
Many studies have been conducted on the interaction between environments and
relevant information in the field of interaction design. Most of these studies are
focused on increasing the awareness of technology, information and the interaction
between them. This awareness could negatively lead to an increase in information
overload where each bit of information is competing to be the centre of a person's
attention.
This information overload gets compounded even more when a person is in a public
place because of the amount of available commercial information like billboards,
digital displays and printed media which are constantly pushing information into the
space. Cognitive studies have shown that human beings have a limit to the amount
of information they can consciously focus on and process. When a person reaches
information saturation, the quality of their decision-making ability deteriorates
drastically (Bray, 2008). Information overload can lead to a situation called decision
paralysis. The research proposed an investigation into the possibility of decreasing information
overload through the use of calm computing. Relevant information could be pushed
to the periphery where it could be accessed or attended to when it was needed. It
was argued that when the intake of peripheral information could become an
unconscious activity, mainly through the use of ubiquitous computing, more attention
could be given to other important activities like increasing social interaction in public
spaces.
relevant information in the field of interaction design. Most of these studies are
focused on increasing the awareness of technology, information and the interaction
between them. This awareness could negatively lead to an increase in information
overload where each bit of information is competing to be the centre of a person's
attention.
This information overload gets compounded even more when a person is in a public
place because of the amount of available commercial information like billboards,
digital displays and printed media which are constantly pushing information into the
space. Cognitive studies have shown that human beings have a limit to the amount
of information they can consciously focus on and process. When a person reaches
information saturation, the quality of their decision-making ability deteriorates
drastically (Bray, 2008). Information overload can lead to a situation called decision
paralysis. The research proposed an investigation into the possibility of decreasing information
overload through the use of calm computing. Relevant information could be pushed
to the periphery where it could be accessed or attended to when it was needed. It
was argued that when the intake of peripheral information could become an
unconscious activity, mainly through the use of ubiquitous computing, more attention
could be given to other important activities like increasing social interaction in public
spaces.
Additional information
Thesis (MTech (Design))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011.
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