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Design and Evaluation of a Smart Library Using the APEX Framework

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User experience is a key point for successful ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) environments. The envisaged design should be explored as soon as possible to anticipate potential user problems, thus reducing re-design costs. The development of ubicomp environments’ prototypes might help, providing feedback on the users’ reaction to the environments. This paper describes the design and evaluation of ubicomp environments using APEX, a rapid prototyping framework providing user experience via a 3D application server and connected physical devices. APEX prototypes allow users to explore and experience many characteristics of a proposed design, in a virtual world. The paper focus in particular the design and evaluation of a smart library in the APEX framework.

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  • ubiquitous computing
  • 3D environments
  • prototyping
  • evaluation

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  1. Departamento de Informática, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Tiago Abade, Tiago Gomes & José C. Campos

  2. HASLab / INESC TEC, Braga, Portugal

    Tiago Abade, Tiago Gomes & José C. Campos

  3. Madeira-ITI/Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    José Luís Silva

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Abade, T., Gomes, T., Silva, J.L., Campos, J.C. (2014). Design and Evaluation of a Smart Library Using the APEX Framework. In: Streitz, N., Markopoulos, P. (eds) Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Interactions. DAPI 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8530. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07788-8_29

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