The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments.
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McCall, R., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., O'Neill, S., McCall, R., & Carroll, F. (2006)
The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(6), 668-687. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.15.6.668
This paper describes the design, application, and refinement of a qualitative tool designed to study sense of place. The Place Probe incorporates a range of stimuli and techni...
Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism.
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Ayan, S., & Benyon, D. (2014)
Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism. International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design, 7(2), 1-12
This work relates heavily to blended space theory and the trajectories approach previously done in this field. Imaz and Benyon have introduced the ideas of conceptual blending...
Responsive environments, place and presence.
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McCall, R., O'Neill, S., Carroll, F., Benyon, D., & Smyth, M. (2005)
Responsive environments, place and presence. PsychNology journal, 3, 34-74
This paper examines the effect that changing arena (i.e. an immersive CAVE or head mounted display) and adding an augmented barrier has on the sense of place and presence
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Place, Sense of Place, and Presence
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Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2006)
Place, Sense of Place, and Presence. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(2), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.2006.15.2.204
Recreating real places--as distinct from virtual spaces or environments--using virtual reality technology raises a series of significant challenges. Fortunately there is a lar...
Adaptive systems: from intelligent tutoring to autonomous agents
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Benyon, D., & Murray, D. (1993)
Adaptive systems: from intelligent tutoring to autonomous agents. Knowledge-Based Systems, 6(4), 197-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/0950-7051%2893%2990012-i
Computer systems which can automatically alter aspects of their functionality or interface to suit the needs of individuals or groups of users have appeared over the years in ...
Adaptive systems: A solution to usability problems
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Benyon, D. (1993)
Adaptive systems: A solution to usability problems. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 3(1), 65-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01099425
Improving the usability of computer systems is perhaps the most important goal of human-computer interaction research. Current approaches to usability engineering tend to focu...
A framework for engineering metaphor at the user interface
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Alty, J., Knott, R., Anderson, B., & Smyth, M. (2000)
A framework for engineering metaphor at the user interface. Interacting with Computers, 13(2), (301-322). ISSN 0953-5438
Interface metaphors facilitate the learning of new computer systems by supporting the transformation of existing knowledge in order to improve the comprehension of novel situa...
The role of task analysis in systems design
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Benyon, D. (1992)
The role of task analysis in systems design. Interacting with Computers, 4(1), 102-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/0953-5438%2892%2990015-8
Task analysis and systems analysis are both collections of techniques aimed at the development of interactive computer-based systems. Clearly there must be some relationship b...
Task analysis and system design: the discipline of data
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Benyon, D. (1992)
Task analysis and system design: the discipline of data. Interacting with Computers, 4(2), 246-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/0953-5438%2892%2990008-4
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Adapting systems to differences between individuals
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Jennings, F., Benyon, D., & Murray, D. (1991)
Adapting systems to differences between individuals. Acta psychologica, 78(1-3), 243-256. doi:10.1016/0001-6918(91)90013-p
Adaptive systems should be able to accommodate the preferred interface styles of different users. An experiment was conducted in order to determine whether significant differe...