Journeying toward extravagant, expressive, place-based computing
Journeying toward extravagant, expressive, place-based computing
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迈向奢华、富有表现力、基于地点的计算
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2011
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Matt Jones
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有时候梦想真的会成真。早在2000年，基思·切弗斯特和同事就发表了一篇论文，概述了指南系统的功能和相互作用[1]。这种移动的导航辅助工具允许用户阅读与位置相关的内容，并查看地图以查看附近的景点;它还提供酒店预订等服务。和很多预言不同，这一次的预言，相当有先见之明。目前的商业移动的服务，如谷歌和诺基亚地图集成了一系列的内容和功能，围绕一个详细的，GPS控制的视图。切弗斯特的见解已经被数百次引用;对于移动的行业本身来说，建立这样的系统的经济回报可能是巨大的。所以，也许，任务完成了。基础设施和互动的想法已经到位，这个世界将被完全索引，每个公园的每一个路边和每一棵树都将被绘制地图，记录在案，并且可以通过一个诱人的时尚智能手机访问。我们将永远不会迷路;我们将被引导远离徘徊或疑惑，不再需要猜测或冒险。虽然这些服务无疑是有用的，越来越多的人使用，当我凝视着“街景”，我有点冷。“街头生活”在哪里？我在思考这些创新对探索我们的城市、山丘或海滩的乐趣、惊喜甚至不适带来的危险。作为一个有年幼孩子的父亲，我喜欢看着他们在我们一起旅行时发现地方，以有趣和深刻的方式欣赏城市。他们体验地点的方式让我看到了移动的和ubicomp基于地点的服务的另一个方向：关于我们所有人的表演者、探索者和讲故事者的服务。它们帮助我们理解我们在不同地方的个人旅程。
Sometimes dreams really do come true. Back in 2000, Keith Cheverst and colleagues published a paper outlining the functions and interactions made possible with the Guide system [1]. This mobile navigation aid allowed users to read locationdependent content and look at maps to see nearby places of interest; it also provided services such as hotel bookings. Unlike many predictions of the future, this one was rather prescient. Present-day commercial mobile services like Google and Nokia maps integrate a range of content and features around a detailed, GPS-controlled view. Cheverst’s insights have been acknowledged through hundreds of citations; for the mobile industry itself, the financial rewards of building such systems are likely to be great. So, perhaps, the job is done. The infrastructure and interaction ideas are in place for a world that will be fully indexed, where every curb and every tree in every park will be mapped, documented, and accessible at the stroke of a seductively sleek smartphone. We will never be lost; we will be guided away from wandering or wondering and will no longer need to guess or take a risk. While these services are undoubtedly useful and used by increasing numbers of people, as I gaze onto a “streetview,” I am left a little cold. Where is the “streetlife”? I am left pondering the dangers these innovations pose to the joys, surprises, and even discomforts of exploring our cities, hills, or beaches. As a father with young children, I revel in watching them discover places as we travel together, imaginatively seeing cities in playful and profound ways. The way they experience places has opened my eyes to an alternative direction for mobile and ubicomp place-based services: services that are about the performer, explorer, and storyteller in all of us. Ones that help us make sense of our personal journeys in and through places.