PosterBoard
Group Members
- Manasi Vartak <mvartak@mit.edu>
- Tristan Naumann <tjn@mit.edu>
- Chidube Ezeozue <cezeozue@mit.edu>
Problem Statement
Current poster boards (or bulletin boards) are static and have a low level of engagement with users, i.e., event goers. During a user study, we observed that over the period of an hour, only 4 students out of 30 passing a poster board in Stata actually glanced at it. Furthermore, only one of those four students (i.e. only 3.33% of the user population) stopped at the board for further inspection. The reason for lack of engagement with poster boards is three-fold: (1) the poster board is not interactive and hence has little use beyond the mere display of posters, (2) the lack of organization of posters makes it hard to find relevant information, and (3) even when a user finds a poster of interest, it is difficult to transfer the information from the poster into an electronic form. Similarly, currently there is little feedback event organizers can obtain just based on their posters. Unless there is an RSVP system, event organizers find it difficult to gauge interest for their event and estimate attendance.
To remedy these problems with current poster boards, our project has created an interactive PosterBoard based on touch technology that engages users by allowing them to interact with the poster (via likes/dislikes, the ability to scribble on posters etc), to instantly get information about interesting events, and to find relevant events by better organizing the posters at the board. We can also provide user engagement information to event-organizers through information like the like/dislike count, number of users who downloaded information about the event and statistics about the times users interacted with an event poster.
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Victor Hung
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