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A Gesture-Based Interaction Approach for Manipulating Augmented Objects Using Leap Motion
(2015-11)
Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing are carrying the world to a reality where almost every object interacts with the environment, either via sensors or actuators, and users must learn how to interact with such ...
Troyoculus: An Augmented Reality System to Improve Reading Capabilities of Night-Blind People
(2015-11)
Our goal in this project was to develop an augmented reality system, called Troyoculus, to help night-blind people improve their reading capabilities. We developed two prototypes, one based on Oculus Rift and other based ...
Evaluating the Nao Robot in the Role of Personal Assistant: The Effect of Gender in Robot Performance Evaluation
(2019-11-20)
By using techniques such as the Wizard of Oz (WoZ) and video capture, this paper evaluated the performance of the Nao Robot in the role of a personal assistant, which was valuated alongside the impact of the assigned gender ...
Improving deaf people accessibility and communication through automatic sign language recognition using novel technologies
(2016)
Communication is a key for human development. Nevertheless, deaf
people have difficulty interacting with hearing and hard of hearing people. On the
other hand, new technology allows gesture recognition. This work aims ...
Towards smart notifications - An adaptive approach using smart devices
(2016)
The use of smart devices is increasing rapidly; this trend is changing
the paradigm in which notifications are delivered to users. Smart devices are
important to provide user awareness. However, their use must be controlled ...
Marco de referencia conceptual para la construcción de sistemas de entrega de notificaciones a través de dispositivos inteligentes en el contexto de trabajo colaborativo apoyado por computadora
(2019)
La cantidad de información disponible para una persona en un momento determinado está creciendo desproporcionadamente. Por otro lado, los dispositivos inteligentes son cada vez más y más populares. Para evitar que la ...
A mobile application that allows children in the early childhood to program robots
(2016)
Children born in the Information Age are digital natives; this characteristic should be exploited to improve the learning process through the use of technology. This paper addresses the design, construction, and evaluation ...
Automatic recognition of the American sign language fingerspelling alphabet to assist people living with speech or hearing impairments
(2017-03-22)
Sign languages are natural languages used mostly by deaf and hard of hearing people. Different development opportunities for people with these disabilities are limited because of communication problems. The advances in ...
UX Evaluation with standardized questionnaires in ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence: A systematic literature review
(2021-05)
Background. Standardized questionnaires are well-known, reliable, and inexpensive instruments to evaluate user experience (UX). Although the structure, content, and application procedure of the three most recognized ...
Alternative and augmentative communication for people with disabilities and language problems: an eye gaze tracking approach
(2016)
Alternative and augmentative communications encapsulates the use of
technology to provide communication means for people with some sort of disability.
In this paper, we present a prototype that provides both pictographic ...