UbicompBrowser researches how electronic consumer devices embedded into the environment can be connected to the information network using Internet technologies. It results in a prototype that is able to bridge the gap between physical devices and information space by utilizing a handheld device equipped with a Barcode scanner – the UbicompBrowser. Using the UbicompBrowser software a user is able to control the device by first identifying the device and then controlling the device in a proprietary way using a software downloaded from the site of the device producer. The ElectronicManual extends this idea by integrating manual and helping information into the usage of electronic consumer devices.

Selected Publications

Start/End:

1998-1999

Research Topics:

Ubiquitous Computing environments appliances, Interaction design, Ubiquitous system design, Interaction design, Usage studies

Application and economic dissemination:

Prototypes

Follow-ups:

Point & Click