{"title":"See-through Hand [virtual environment]","authors":"T. Miyasato","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732207","url":null,"abstract":"The paper proposes a novel concept of a user interface device in VR environments. In a virtual environment, it is very important for users to directly manipulate the virtual objects. However, we do not have to introduce the negative features of real environments. We propose a new user interface device called the See-through Hand. The See-through Hand is a palm-coupled display system in which a small display is attached to the back of the user's hand. The See-through Hand makes the user's real hand partially transparent and helps the user to intuitively manipulate virtual objects in a VR space.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132181476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of cultural diversity on digital publishing","authors":"S. Gwynn, S. Jones, D. Lees, P. Thomas","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732239","url":null,"abstract":"The process of digital publishing tends to emulate traditional publishing methods which are often a reflection of the primarily European culture within which they have developed. By conducting a comparative analysis of academic publishing in countries with contrasting cultural backgrounds, it is possible to obtain a clearer view of the assumptions built into the current system. This paper introduces a research programme which aims to perform such an analysis, seeking to develop guidelines for the formation of novel models of publishing that acknowledge and also incorporate elements of cultural diversity.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127182895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards a dynamic model of adaptation to technological change","authors":"Peter Benda, Penelope M. Sanderson","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732221","url":null,"abstract":"The authors examine an approach to predictively modelling the impact of technological change on work practice. Taking a cognitive engineering perspective, an approach is discussed within which one can analyse a work domain and various stakeholder perspectives and then use this as a 'field' upon which to trace the impact of design changes. While building upon cognitive work analysis, the authors also discuss a few criticisms of the abstraction hierarchy and point to possible theoretical directions which may resolve some of the problems and simultaneously provide practical and predictive analytical tools. An example is discussed in the context of an elevator firm and related stakeholders, showing the form that such a predictive model may take.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123959315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"User experiences and a usability inspection of an electronic services environment for students","authors":"M. Toleman, J.M. Toleman","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732200","url":null,"abstract":"In 1997 the Information Technology Services section of the University of Southern Queensland introduced USQ-connect, an integrated graphical computing environment that allowed students to access electronic mail, USENET newsgroups and the Internet. The system was based on the Netscape suite of products and replaced similar text based UNIX utilities and software. As a consequence of the change, many students perceived that several vital services were lost and there was much debate about the imposed change. We examine the debate and conduct a simple usability inspection of the new service. Issues raised underpin the need for a user centred approach, and consideration of usability and Web design principles for the development of new systems.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133941784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Principles for a usability-oriented pattern language","authors":"M. Mahemoff, L. Johnston","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732206","url":null,"abstract":"High level usability principles (e.g. \"familiarity\") are difficult to apply to specific projects, and style guides providing more detailed instructions are often misinterpreted and inaccessible. An approach to usability based on design patterns enables designers to learn how certain recurring problems can be solved according to high level principles. The paper summarises a review of the desirable properties advocated by five popular style guides, and discusses how this list has been modified to provide an underlying philosophy which is appropriate for a usability oriented pattern language. A sample pattern which exemplifies this philosophy involving iteration through selectable objects, is described.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132183502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HCI performance evaluation of horizontal and vertical list controls","authors":"S. Wallace, D. Weber, J. Warren","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732232","url":null,"abstract":"Microsoft Windows 95 uses both vertical arrangements of items in lists and horizontal groupings of smaller vertical lists. This paper reports the results of an experiment to evaluate selection times using horizontal and vertical lists. Two GOMS (Goals, Operators, Methods, Selection rules) models were developed to predict differences. There was no significant difference in selection times, but the results showed interesting trends in learning behaviour.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126882937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Metric Visualisation into a commercial user interface builder","authors":"J. Noble","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732215","url":null,"abstract":"Interactive Metric Visualisation gives interface designers information about the usability of their designs, by overlaying usability information into their designs. To date, visualisations have been provided by special purpose prototype software. We describe how visualisations can be integrated into a commercial interface design tool, VisualWorks Smalltalk. This integration provides the benefits of metric visualisation to the users of the tool, illustrates the effort required to support visualisation in similar tools, and will support further experiments with metrics visualisation techniques.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"413 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122905163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"KIISS: a system for visual specification of model-based user interfaces","authors":"F. Saiz, J. Contreras, R. Moriyón","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732229","url":null,"abstract":"The appearance of model-based techniques for interface development has simplified the design of complex interactive applications, but this approach still requires from the designer a high knowledge level about the textual specification required. This paper presents a system, called KIISS (Knowledge-based Interactive Interface Surgery System), which allows the designer of an application to interactively define the model of its interface through visual specifications on an application example. Thus, the system enhances the model by allowing its use by designers who are not quite familiar with the textual specifications required for a user interface development. Moreover, reusability is preserved, since parts of existing applications can be both exchanged and modified interactively.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114228353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cooperative agents and recognition systems (CARS) for drivers and passengers","authors":"L. Julia, Adam Cheyer","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732192","url":null,"abstract":"We present SRI's vision of the human-machine interface for a car environment. This interface leverages our work in human-computer interaction, speech, speaker and gesture recognition, natural language understanding, and intelligent agent architectures. We propose a natural interface that allows the driver to interact with the navigation system, control electronic devices, and communicate with the rest of the world much as would be possible in the office environment. Passengers would be able to use the system to watch TV or play games in their private spaces. The final prototype will be fully configurable (languages, voice output, and so forth), and will include speaker recognition technology for resetting preferences and/or for security.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116252660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mixed initiative in design space exploration","authors":"S. Datta, A. Burrow, R. Woodbury","doi":"10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732238","url":null,"abstract":"An alternative to the manual construction of building designs is the exploration of design spaces. Designers engage in model construction guided by a formal generative process. One formal model for exploration is traversal under an informational ordering of design concepts. In our system, formal generation is provided by /spl pi/-resolution over a domain of typed feature structures. Given this machinery, we describe a mixed initiative environment for unfolding a design space description. We represent building design knowledge using typed feature structures, supporting intensionality, partialness, structure sharing and cyclicity.","PeriodicalId":322019,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference. OzCHI'98 (Cat. No.98EX234)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115006468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}