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New HCI techniques for better living through technology
SORRENTINO, FABIO
HMD
apprendimento
augmented reality
dispositivi mobili
learning
mobile devices
realtà aumentata
realtà virtuale
virtual reality
Settore INF/01 - Informatica
In the Human Computer Interaction community, researchers work on many
projects that investigate the efficacy of new technologies for better living,
but unlike other research fields, these researchers must have an approach
that is typically multi-disciplinary.
Technology is always developing thus improving our lives in many ways
like education, health and communication. This due to the fact that it is
supposed to make life easier.
This dissertation explores three main aspects: the first is learning with
new technologies, the second is the improvement of real life by using innovative
devices while the third is the usage of mobile devices in combination
with image processing algorithms and computer graphics techniques.
We firstly describe the progress on the state of the art and related work
that have been necessary to implement such tools on commodity hardware
and deploy them in both mobile and desktop settings.
We propose the usage of different technologies in different settings, comparing
these solutions for enhancing the interaction experience by introducing
virtual/augmented reality tools for supporting this kind of activities.
We also applied well-known gamification techniques coming from different
mobile applications for demonstrating how users can be entertained and
motivated in their working out.
We describe our design and prototype of several integrated systems created
to improve the educational process, to enhance the shopping experience,
to provide new experiences for travellers and even to improve fitness
and wellness activities.
Finally, we discuss our findings and frame them in the broader context
of better living thanks to technology, drawing the lessons learnt from each
work while also proposing relative future work.
2016-03-07
info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
http://hdl.handle.net/11584/266898
eng
numberofpages:183
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Università degli Studi di Cagliari
license:Non specificato