The numbers of visitors to greenspaces in the United Kingdom has increased over last few years as health benefits spending time have become better known. This led problems for conservation ecologists due reported human-wildlife encounters. Deer are often found public spaces and particular concern. Previous research suggests elevated levels stress hormones (e.g., cortisol) deer is a result human...

Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). CHI’13, April 27 – May 2, 2013, Paris, France. ACM 978-1-XXXX-XXXX-X/XX/XX. Abstract When considered through the lense of ubiquitous computing, interactive wall displays represent a promising infrastructure to provide information services. In the context of public libraries the design has to take particular account on two domain-specific aspects. First,...

The rivers of the Front Range are dammed and diverted to provide water to the surrounding regions, and they are constricted by roads and railroads, stocked with fish, polluted by mining wastes and urban runoff. Yet many of the people who visit the Front Range for short periods perceive the landscape to be a nearly pristine wilderness because they are unaware of the historical impacts of human a...

A cultural institution such as a museum needs to attract visitors. Due to the fact that Internet has become an important information and marketing channel, the question of using a VR museum on the Internet, is the topic of this paper. The “VR Kon-Tiki” is a VR museum. It was developed by a computer games technology. In order to test the application visitors to a national Travel Fair, and visito...

Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). ITS’13, October 6–9, 2013, St. Andrews, UK. Abstract When considered through the lens of ubiquitous computing, interactive wall displays represent a promising infrastructure to provide information services. In the context of public libraries the design has to take particular account on two domain-specific aspects. First, libraries are valued for their c...

abstract amusement programming, accomplishing ecological and/or environmental plans, in addition to establishing recreational centers, are of the important issues in regional and large-scale management of each country. herein, lack of financial resources to establish amusement areas, has led the natural resource management system to valuate such resources based upon new scientific methods. meas...

Abstract Face views are particularly important in person-to-person communication. Differenes between the camera location and face orientation can result undesirable facial appearances of participants during video conferencing. This phenomenon is noticeable when using devices where front-facing placed unconventional locations such as below display or within keyboard. In this paper, we take a str...