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“…But Much yet Remains to Be Said”: A Discussion of Our Failings and Success

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As with all other experimentation, the formal testing of our S.N.A.R.K circuit was not conducted by flawless supermen who worked without error or setback. One of the joys of science is the sharing of our experimental limitations and the procedures that allowed us to cope with them. In this chapter, we share examples of the events that surprised us along the way: the unexpected obstacles, breakdowns, and intuitive leaps that made this journey all the more rewarding.

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  1. Advertiser User Experience Research Group, Adecco at Google, San Bruno, CA, USA

    John N. A. Brown

  2. Interactive Systems Group, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

    John N. A. Brown

  3. Centre Tecnològic de Recerca per a la Depedència i la Vida Autònoma, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Catalonia, Spain

    John N. A. Brown

  4. Signal Processing & Telecommunications Group, Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

    John N. A. Brown

  5. Interactive Systems Group, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

    Anton Josef Fercher

  6. Interactive Systems Group, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

    Gerhard Leitner

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Brown, J.N.A., Fercher, A.J., Leitner, G. (2017). “…But Much yet Remains to Be Said”: A Discussion of Our Failings and Success. In: Building an Intuitive Multimodal Interface for a Smart Home. Human–Computer Interaction Series(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56532-3_10

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