A virtual "window to the Outside World": Initial design and plans for evaluation

Gillian Dowds; Judith Masthoff

doi:10.1145/2783446.2783603

A virtual "window to the Outside World": Initial design and plans for evaluation

Gillian Dowds
, Judith Masthoff

Dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Qualitative interviews have informed the design of technology aimed to bring the outside in, to older adults who are housebound due to a chronic health problem and living in remote and rural areas. This paper introduces 'Window to the Outside World'; an app designed to bring live and recorded, local events into the homes of older adults, with the aim of targeting wellbeing. Forthcoming evaluation is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	British HCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference 2015
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	265-266
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450336437
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2783446.2783603
Publication status	Published - 13 Jul 2015
Event	British HCI Conference, British HCI 2015 - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Jul 2015 → 17 Jul 2015

Conference

Conference	British HCI Conference, British HCI 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Period	13/07/15 → 17/07/15

Funding

We thank the participants who gave their time and input to this project. This research is supported by the award made by RCUK Digital Economy Theme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub: EP/G066051/1

Keywords

Housebound
Older Adults
User-centred Design
Window to the Outside World

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