Abstract
While inexpensive mobile devices and services become the primary means of online communication the elderly are prevented from participating due to technical difficulties and common barriers. Among the older users communication and entertainment are considered key aspects to alleviate loneliness. Elderly people are at high risk of facing social isolation with rising age. This article proposes a distributed, multi-device platform called BRELOMATE to promote social participation and online communication. Firstly the system architecture and a prototypical gaming service with integrated video-conferencing are presented. Secondly the user centered design process and the results of a first user study are shown.
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WebRTC is a W3C real-time communication standard https://webrtc.org/.
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Orbsmart Android-based set-top box http://www.orbsmart.com/products/orbsmart-s82/.
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The authors would like to thank all focus group participants. This work is supported under grant agreement No. 5629694 (BRELOMATE 2) from The Austrian Research Promotion Agency.
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Doppler, J., Sommer, S., Gradl, C., Rottermanner, G. (2016). BRELOMATE - A Distributed, Multi-device Platform for Online Information, Communication and Gaming Services Among the Elderly. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9758. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_37
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