The PhD thesis of Nuwan Janaka (SoC, NUS)
Notifications can distract users from ongoing tasks, presenting a research challenge in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This thesis investigates reducing the attention costs of notifications on Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Displays (OST-HMD, OHMD, or augmented reality smart glasses), a potential successor to mobile phones. Incorporating visual perception properties, the thesis proposes using paracentral and near-peripheral regions, transforming text into graphics, and adjusting the luminance of notification content. These methods, evaluated through user studies, contribute to the development of attention-preserving visualizations for OHMDs. Results suggest that modifying the OHMD notification presentation can provide secondary information with less distraction. This approach addresses existing challenges in the heads-up computing paradigm and offers valuable design implications.
Please use the following for citing this thesis:
@phdthesis{janaka_headsup_2023,
type = {Thesis},
title = {{HEADS}-{UP} {VISUAL} {OHMD} {NOTIFICATIONS}},
url = {https://github.com/janakanuwan/Nuwan-PhD-Thesis},
language = {en},
author = {Janaka, Nuwan},
year = {2023},
}
- Can Icons Outperform Text? Understanding the Role of Pictograms in OHMD Notifications, CHI'23, For details see IconAugmentedNotification
- NotiFade: Minimizing OHMD Notification Distractions Using Fading, CHI'23 LBW, For details see FadingNotifications
- Paracentral and near-peripheral visualizations: Towards attention-maintaining secondary information presentation on OHMDs during in-person social interactions, CHI'22, For details see CircularProgressBar
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