Technologies for Enhancing Collocated Social Interaction: Re...

Technologies for Enhancing Collocated Social Interaction: Review of Design Solutions and Approaches

The paper reviews technological solutions designed to enhance collocated social interaction, analyzing 92 publications on their context, objectives, design approaches, and evaluation methods within computer-supported cooperative work and human-computer interaction.

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‘ orchestrating collaborative activities ’ . Here, the design approaches of providing information about others or topic suggestions could help nurture or enrich an ongoing encounter.

Thomas Olsson • Technologies_for_Enhancing_Collocated_Social_Inter.pdf

we identify various roles of technology relevant for enhancement, representing three abstract categories: facilitat-ing , inviting and encouraging .

Thomas Olsson • Technologies_for_Enhancing_Collocated_Social_Inter.pdf

spark off social interaction ( inviting ), serving as icebreakers or tickets to talk ( facilitating ), or encouraging and motivating people to interact or engage in joint activities ( encouraging ).