Keeping it private
Callum Parker, Martin Tomitsch, Judy Kay, Matthias Baldauf · 2015
With the availability of displays in public space increasing, they have been proposed and studied as platform for civic engagement. Due to their situated nature, public displays have the potential to enable a larger cross-section of the public to participate in community consultation processes, compared to focus groups or online surveys. Previous research has investigated a range of interaction methods for enabling this form of citizen participation with public displays. Through an analysis of related work we identified four main categories of interaction methods: remote indirect, kiosk, mid-air gestural and mobile. In this paper we propose a formerly introduced interaction method, based upon mobile augmented reality, which promises to enable pervasive participation by making interactions more private and simultaneous, through a familiar and convenient interface.