Using Physical Avatars to Present Availability

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Using Physical Avatars to Present Availability

• James Fogarty
• HCI Process and Theory
• Fall 2001

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Say we have it all

• We can sense, model, and react
• Scott is euphoric
• His phone doesnt annoy him
• His email doesnt annoy him
• His PDA doesnt annoy him
• What if I need to annoy him?

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Let people use the availability info
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there are a bunch of questions
Let people use the availability info
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Maybe the answers are around

• Bob knows awareness applications
• Jodi and Pamela know what it will take to get
  this actually sitting on my desk
• Chris and Scott know how to build it

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Scope of the project

• We dont have it all, so we cant do this
• As a design exercise, could motivate
• Important to look for existing knowledge