Title :
SocialButton - Mobile Technology Enhancing Social Interaction
Author :
Landstorfer, Johannes ; Pschetz, Larissa ; Kloes, Malte ; Wettach, Reto
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Appl. Sci. Potsdam, Potsdam
Abstract :
We are exploring the use of small displays as an instrument to enhance social communication. Our focus is on encouraging communication between strangers by revealing the existence of common friends. In the following we present the concept of the SocialButton, a wearable mobile device which displays aspects of friend-of-a-friend networks. A group study has provided us with an initial understanding regarding the potential of the SocialButton to influence our social environment.
Keywords :
mobile computing; social aspects of automation; SocialButton; friend-of-a-friend networks; mobile technology; social communication; social interaction; wearable mobile device; Application software; Bluetooth; Displays; Focusing; Instruments; Light emitting diodes; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Social network services; Wearable computers;
Conference_Titel :
Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies, 2007. NGMAST '07. The 2007 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2878-6
DOI :
10.1109/NGMAST.2007.4343395
