Objective: The aim of this article is to discuss how user experience (UX) evaluation can
benefit from the use of virtual reality (VR). Background: UX is usually evaluated in laboratory …

While tourism presents considerable potential for the use of new mobile technologies, we
currently have little understanding of how tourists organise their activities or of the problems …

Commercial home automation systems are becoming increasingly common, affording the
opportunity to study technology-augmented homes in real world contexts. In order to …

Media research has shown that people enjoy watching television as a part of socializing in
groups. However, many constraints in daily life limit the opportunities for doing so. The …

This paper considers how we may realize future ubiquitous domestic environments. Building
upon previous work on how buildings evolve by Stewart Brand, we suggest the need to …

Everyday family life involves a myriad of mundane activities that need to be planned and
coordinated. We describe findings from studies of 44 different families' calendaring routines …

The paper examines the concept of the networked home as both a social institution and a
technological construction. While the concept of networks is not new to family studies, the …

New computer applications, such as the infamous “Napster” system enable the sharing of
music over the Internet, with limited communication around this sharing activity. This paper …

This paper explores the innovation dynamics of technological configurations using one
particular case study. Technological configurations have been defined in the literature as …

Interactive TV (iTV) will only succeed if user-centered solutions are provided. Despite an
increasing focus on the home environment within the human–computer interaction field …