4Photos: a collaborative photo sharing experience

2010. Martijn Bhömer, John Helmes, Kenton O'Hara & Elise Hoven
Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries.

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the iterative design and user study of "4Photos", a multi-screen table centrepiece allowing media content to be shared and enjoyed in a social setting. It was our intention to design an object with the purpose to gather qualitative data concerning the social effects of new ways of democratic, serendipitous and playful photo sharing. To facilitate this we used online photo repository content that most often gets experienced in an individual setting. Using 4Photos we positioned this content within a social setting and observed how the presentation of these images enabled new ways of 'phototalk' to arise. We describe the design process, the final concept and reflect upon observed practices that emerged from people's usage of 4Photos. We then present several design implications and discuss future directions for continuation of this research.

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Citation

ten Bhömer, M., Helmes, J., O'Hara, K., & van den Hoven, E. (2010). 4photos: a collaborative photo sharing experience. Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries (pp. 52–61). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1868925, doi:10.1145/1868914.1868925

BibTeX

@inproceedings{10.1145/1868914.1868925,
author = {ten Bh\"{o}mer, Martijn and Helmes, John and O'Hara, Kenton and van den Hoven, Elise},
title = {4Photos: a collaborative photo sharing experience},
year = {2010},
isbn = {9781605589343},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1868925},
doi = {10.1145/1868914.1868925},
abstract = {In this paper, we describe the iterative design and user study of "4Photos", a multi-screen table centrepiece allowing media content to be shared and enjoyed in a social setting. It was our intention to design an object with the purpose to gather qualitative data concerning the social effects of new ways of democratic, serendipitous and playful photo sharing. To facilitate this we used online photo repository content that most often gets experienced in an individual setting. Using 4Photos we positioned this content within a social setting and observed how the presentation of these images enabled new ways of 'phototalk' to arise. We describe the design process, the final concept and reflect upon observed practices that emerged from people's usage of 4Photos. We then present several design implications and discuss future directions for continuation of this research.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries},
pages = {52–61},
numpages = {10},
keywords = {collaboration, information interfaces, interaction, iterative design, photo sharing, screens, serendipity},
location = {Reykjavik, Iceland},
series = {NordiCHI '10}
}