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      ONTRACK: Dynamically adapting music playback to support navigation

      Jones, Matt; Jones, Steve; Bradley, Gareth; Warren, Nigel; Bainbridge, David; Holmes, Geoffrey
      DOI
       10.1007/s00779-007-0155-2
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      Jones, M., Jones, S., Bradley, G., Warren, N., Bainbridge, D. & Holmes, G. (2008). ONTRACK: Dynamically adapting music playback to support navigation. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 12(7), 513-525.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4160
      Abstract
      Listening to music on personal, digital devices whilst mobile is an enjoyable, everyday activity. We explore a scheme for exploiting this practice to immerse listeners in navigation cues. Our prototype, ONTRACK, continuously adapts audio, modifying the spatial balance and volume to lead listeners to their target destination. First we report on an initial lab-based evaluation that demonstrated the approach’s efficacy: users were able to complete tasks within a reasonable time and their subjective feedback was positive. Encouraged by these results we constructed a handheld prototype. Here, we discuss this implementation and the results of field-trials. These indicate that even with a low-fidelity realisation of the concept, users can quite effectively navigate complicated routes.
      Date
      2008
      Type
      Journal Article
      Publisher
      Springer-Verlag
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      • Computing and Mathematical Sciences Papers [1455]
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