Capturing rich media through media objects on smartphones
Florian Güldenpfennig, Wolfgang Reitberger, Geraldine Fitzpatrick · 2012
New mobile phones with built-in sensors provide the opportunity to easily capture vast amounts of multimedia data. In this paper we present a file format to explore new ways of relating digital content: the media object (mob). Mob was designed as a tool for serving three concerns: first, to provide the user with an object structure that allows them to capture and associate multimedia and contextual data (photo, video, text, locations and so forth) especially on mobile phones; second, to put them in a creative frame of mind when recording media; third, to learn more about peoples' common practices as well as desires around digital photography and digital support for memory. We report on an exploratory user study featuring 7 participants over 2-5 weeks and conclude with a set of future requirements.