Sökning: "John A. Waterworth"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden John A. Waterworth.
1. In Romance with the Materials of Mobile Interaction : A Phenomenological Approach to the Design of Mobile Information Technology
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals analytically and through design with the issue of HumanComputer Interaction (HCI) with mobile devices; mobile interaction. Specifically, it is an investigation into and a capitalization on the multistable kinds of relations that arise between the threefold of human user, artifact, and world, and how dealing with this kind of technology and these relations in many ways must be regarded as different from mainstream HCI. LÄS MER
2. Here and now : Foundations and practice of human-experiential design
Sammanfattning : The thesis claims that an experiential approach to design really does promise the possibility of scientific design of everyday life. The purpose of this thesis is to show the promise. René Descartes conceptualized the classical formulation of a mind-body dichotomy. LÄS MER
3. Crossing Boundaries : Transferring eHealth services across the Northern Periphery
Sammanfattning : Health care organisations in Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden face similar challenges when it comes to providing health services in the sparsely populated rural areas. Vast distances, centralized health services, harsh climate and limited access to public transport can make accessing health services difficult. LÄS MER
4. Experiencing sense of place in a virtual environment : real in the moment?
Sammanfattning : The main goal of this thesis is to contribute to telepresence research by investigating a sightseeing experience in a virtual environment (VE) and by discussing insights from theories of telepresence, perception, experience of place, marketing and philosophy. The empirical work concerns a sightseeing experience, a visit to a city in a videogame (the VE). LÄS MER
5. Reality-based brain-computer interaction
Sammanfattning : Recent developments within human-computer interaction (HCI) and cognitive neuroscience have come together to motivate and enable a framework for HCI with a solid basis in brain function and human reality. Human cognition is increasingly considered to be critically related to the development of human capabilities in the everyday environment (reality). LÄS MER