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An Introduction to Collaboration Meets Interactive Spaces Read chapter Read first chapter

2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

11. Activity-Based Collaboration for Interactive Spaces

Authors : Jakob E. Bardram, Morten Esbensen, Aurélien Tabard

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Abstract

Activity-based computing (ABC) is a conceptual and technological framework for designing interactive systems that offers a better mapping between the activities people conduct and the digital entities they use. In ABC, rather than interacting directly with lower-level technical entities like files, folder, documents, etc., users are able to interact with ‘activities’ which encapsulate files and other low-level resources. In ABC an ‘activity’ can be shared between collaborating users and can be accessed on different devices. As such, ABC is a framework that suits the requirements of designing interactive spaces. This chapter provides an overview of ABC with a special focus on its support for collaboration (‘Activity Sharing’) and multiple devices (‘Activity Roaming’). These ABC concepts are illustrated as implemented in two different interactive spaces technologies; ReticularSpaces [1] and the eLabBench [2, 3]. The chapter discusses the benefits of activity-based collaboration support for these interactive spaces, while also discussing limitations and challenges to be addressed in further research.

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Footnotes
1
Acronym for “What I See Is What You See”, used for groupware that guarantee that users see the same thing at all times.
 
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Metadata
Title
Activity-Based Collaboration for Interactive Spaces
Authors
Jakob E. Bardram
Morten Esbensen
Aurélien Tabard
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Collaboration Meets Interactive Spaces

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-45852-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-45853-3

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45853-3_11