Speaker
Dr
Rod McCall
(CRP- Gabriel Lippmann)
Description
This paper discusses a prototype system known as the Ambient Workplace (AW) that
lets people monitor work patterns within a group of co-workers.
The AW provides information in the user's peripheral attention zone with the
objective being that the user soaks up the information without needing to
specifically attend to it. Information is displayed within standard
applications such as the Windows Active Desktop, Outlook or Word. At present
the system displays various types of awareness information, for example the
number of interactions a specific user or group of users has initiated and
whether they are online. It also displays global information about the volume
and type of work for the entire group. The Ambient Workplace uses Python and
displays information using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). It uses a
client/server architecture built upon the XMPP instant messaging protocol and
retrieves information from a MySQL database. The objective was to build a system
which can be easily ported to other platforms such as mobile phones and smart
boards as well as to leverage existing libraries while allowing rapid
prototyping of the user interface.
Primary author
Dr
Rod McCall
(CRP- Gabriel Lippmann)
Co-authors
Benoît Otjacques
(CRP- Gabriel Lippmann)
Fernand Feltz
(CRP- Gabriel Lippmann)
