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Demo: http://youtu.be/xuxCxUd0bqM
Device and Platform:
We used a SmartBoard for our PosterBoard implementation instead of a creating a standalone web or mobile interface app because user studies indicated that users would not go out of their way to get information about events through a website or mobile app. these channels. (In fact, the events.mit.edu website which is a central repository for events, is hardly used by students. We envision ) However, if SmartBoards (or a similar devices) being were placed at the current locations of poster boards in Stata. We also chose to allow adding of posters through the smart board as opposed to having a separate web interface , they would not only make posters more interactive but they would also give posters much higher visibility than that afforded by a web/mobile app. Instead of a prior design which supported adding of posters via the web but viewing and interacting with posters via the board, we chose to support all functionality through the SmartBoard for simplicity and uniformity of the interface. . We also used an RFID reader for obtain user information and authentication.
Views:
In our final design, we implemented two views to organize posters on the PosterBoard, one view to add a poster, and a detailed view to interact with the selected poster. We decided against the "Random view" for viewing posters because it did not aid users in finding relevant information.
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