All Outputs (4)

The Connected Shower: Studying Intimate Data in Everyday Life (2018)
Journal Article
Kwon, H., Fischer, J. E., Flintham, M., & Colley, J. (2018). The Connected Shower: Studying Intimate Data in Everyday Life. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2(4), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287054

This paper presents the design and field study of the Connected Shower, a bespoke IoT device that captures water flow, temperature, shower-head movement, and shower product weight. We deployed the device in six UK homes for a week to understand the u... Read More about The Connected Shower: Studying Intimate Data in Everyday Life.

Tensions within the Ministry of Provenance: reflections on co-creating a research game together with artists (2018)
Journal Article
Wetzel, R., Bachour, K., & Flintham, M. (2018). Tensions within the Ministry of Provenance: reflections on co-creating a research game together with artists. Simulation and Gaming, 50(3), 329-358. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878118818867

Background: Research games are challenging to design as they seek to fulfil a research agenda as well as work as a game. We have successfully collaborated with a group of artists in a research game about people’s perception of provenance called The A... Read More about Tensions within the Ministry of Provenance: reflections on co-creating a research game together with artists.

Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Darzentas, D., Flintham, M., & Benford, S. (2018). Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences. In PCI '18: Proceedings of the 22nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics (278-281). https://doi.org/10.1145/3291533.3291588

In this paper we present the creation and deployment of a concerted set of Mixed Reality Technologies designed for creating engaging public experiences and enhanced storytelling opportunities focused on artefacts. Under the title of the Mixed Reality... Read More about Object-focused mixed reality storytelling: technology-driven content creation and dissemination for engaging user experiences.

Falling for fake news: Investigating the consumption of news via social media (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Flintham, M., Karner, C., Creswick, H., Bachour, K., Gupta, N., & Moran, S. (2018). Falling for fake news: Investigating the consumption of news via social media. In CHI '18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1–10). https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173950

In the so called ‘post-truth’ era, characterized by a loss of public trust in various institutions, and the rise of ‘fake news’ disseminated via the internet and social media, individuals may face uncertainty about the veracity of information availab... Read More about Falling for fake news: Investigating the consumption of news via social media.