Towards disappearing user interfaces for ubiquitous computing: human enhancement from sixth sense to super senses

Hui, T. K. L. and Sherratt, R. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-4445 (2017) Towards disappearing user interfaces for ubiquitous computing: human enhancement from sixth sense to super senses. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 8 (3). pp. 449-465. ISSN 1868-5145 doi: 10.1007/s12652-016-0409-9

Abstract/Summary

The enhancement of human senses electronically is possible when pervasive computers interact unnoticeably with humans in Ubiquitous Computing. The design of computer user interfaces towards “disappearing” forces the interaction with humans using a content rather than a menu driven approach, thus the emerging requirement for huge number of non-technical users interfacing intuitively with billions of computers in the Internet of Things is met. Learning to use particular applications in Ubiquitous Computing is either too slow or sometimes impossible so the design of user interfaces must be naturally enough to facilitate intuitive human behaviours. Although humans from different racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds own the same physiological sensory system, the perception to the same stimuli outside the human bodies can be different. A novel taxonomy for Disappearing User Interfaces (DUIs) to stimulate human senses and to capture human responses is proposed. Furthermore, applications of DUIs are reviewed. DUIs with sensor and data fusion to simulate the Sixth Sense is explored. Enhancement of human senses through DUIs and Context Awareness is discussed as the groundwork enabling smarter wearable devices for interfacing with human emotional memories.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/66648
Identification Number/DOI	10.1007/s12652-016-0409-9
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Department of Bio-Engineering Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Biomedical Sciences
Publisher	Springer
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