Jan Seeburger
ABSTRACT
Using information and communication technology devices in public urban places can help to create a personalised space. Looking at a mobile phone screen or listening to music on an MP3 player is a common practice avoiding direct contact with others e.g. whilst using public transport. However, such devices can also be utilised to explore how to build new meaningful connections with the urban space and the collocated people within. We present findings of work-in-progress on Capital Music, a mobile application enabling urban dwellers to listen to music songs as usual, but also allowing them to announce song titles and discover songs currently being listened to by other people in the vicinity. We study the ways that this tool can change or even enhance people's experience of public urban spaces. Our first user study also found changes in choosing different songs. Anonymous social interactions based on users' music selection are implemented in the first iteration of the prototype that we studied.
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Index Terms
- Capital music: personal expression with a public display of song choice
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