New technologies – research

 

Technology Enhanced, Mass Interaction 
In Communal Space

My group research has been based on the the current use of public media, which engages the user through innovative technology via interactivity.

We had looked at a wide range of current devices and technologies that are both actually in use being developed. The research involved not only how the devices and technologies work, but also how people may use these devices and how it impacts on peoples lives, wether in public social environments or on their own.

The research had been split into sections based on how the technologies were being used,

• either in social situations where the technologies are being used in public around the same place with multiple uses simultaneously,

• or whether the technologies were being used in public with multiple uses simultaneously but in separate areas

• or whether the devices were more personal where the user is interacting with a device more personally and on their own, but still have social contact with other with the device

• or whether the devices they are using are more personal that doesn’t involve any social interaction with others.

 

Current technologies

Such devices we found based on the above points used technologies such as Wi-fi (wireless fidelity), GPS (global positioning system), PDA, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

Other devices and technologies we found also used things like heat sensing, sound sensing, motion sensing devices, all of which engaged the user in some way, mainly for public entertainment purposes.

• Mobile devices: 

Mobile phones, laptops, GPS devices, PDA

• Network devices:

Wi-fi, Internet, GPS, navigation

• Detection devices: 

RFID (radio frequency identification), motion/audio sensors, heat detection, sonar, location detection

• Display devices:
Projectors, touch screens,