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Papers/Notes: Performance, Stagecraft, and Magic

Monday, April 12
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Eliza meets the Wizard-of-Oz: Blending Machine and Human Control of Embodied Characters
Steven Dow, Stanford University, USA
Manish Mehta, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Blair MacIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Michael Mateas, University of California Santa Cruz, USA

We describe a design space for blending machine and human control in embodied character experiences and longitudinally investigate two different "behind-the-scene" tasks for amateur operators during a gallery installation

A Stage-Based Model of Personal Informatics Systems
Ian Li, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Anind Dey, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Jodi Forlizzi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

We present a stage-based model of personal informatics systems, which collect personal information for the purpose of self-reflection. We describe properties of the model and barriers in the stages.

Deception and Magic in Collaborative Interaction
Joe Marshall, University of Nottingham, UK
Steve Benford, University of Nottingham, UK
Tony Pridmore, University of Nottingham, UK

A study of an interactive magical performance that employed video tracking highlights beneficial uses of deception to create magical interfaces and extends HCI theories concerning collaboration, ambiguity and trajectories


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