After years in the lab, interactive public displays are finding their way into public spaces,
shop windows, and public institutions. They are equipped with a multitude of sensors as well …

Field studies on public displays can be difficult, expensive, and time-consuming. We
investigate the feasibility of using virtual reality (VR) as a test-bed to evaluate deployments …

Public display deployments are often subjected to various surprising and unwanted effects.
These effects are frequently due to external factors properties and phenomena that are …

Fueled by falling display hardware costs and rising demand, digital signage and pervasive
displays are becoming ever more ubiquitous. Such systems have traditionally been used for …

Software components, if used properly, offer many software engineering benefits. Yet, they
also pose many original challenges starting from quality assurance and ranging to …

A growing body of research is looking at ways to bring the processes and benefits of online
deliberation to the places they are about and in turn allow a larger, targeted proportion of the …

Traditional public notice areas (PNAs) are nowadays a popular means to publicly exchange
information and reach people of a local community. The high usability led to a wide-spread …

We present the design, implementation, deployment and evaluation of novel urban
computing infrastructure called 'UBI-hotspot'. It is effectively a large interactive public display …

Falling hardware prices and ever more displays being connected to the Internet will lead to
large public display networks, potentially forming a novel communication medium. We …

Beside reminiscing, the increasing cognitive decline in dementia can also be addressed
through sensory stimulation allowing the immediate, nonverbal engagement with the world …