Hidden things and implicit interaction: looking back on how invisibility evolved as a quality-in-use attribute

Resumo


Invisibility in Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) and Internet of Things (IoT) systems refers to the merge of technology in the environment or the interaction workload decrease so that users can focus on their daily activities. It has been a fundamental attribute for these systems since the UbiComp advent and has received different names and definitions over time. However, there is a lack of retrospective studies investigating how these perspectives contributed to the current concept of Invisibility. Therefore, this paper aims to understand how Invisibility evolved as a quality-in-use attribute. We applied the snowballing method to search for literature evidence about the attributes and interaction evaluation approaches related to Invisibility. We identified eight related attributes: Intelligibility, Accuracy, Control, Customization, Non-obtrusiveness, Diffusion, Transparency, and Understandability. Also, we observed that the existing evaluation approaches consider only part of these attributes. Our findings suggest opportunities to improve the approaches and for future research.

Palavras-chave: invisibility, ubiquitous computing, internet of things, snowballing

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DE SOUZA FILHO, José Cezar; SAMPAIO, Andréia Libório; FEITOSA, Eduardo Luzeiro. Hidden things and implicit interaction: looking back on how invisibility evolved as a quality-in-use attribute. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO SOBRE FATORES HUMANOS EM SISTEMAS COMPUTACIONAIS (IHC), 21. , 2022, Diamantina. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2022 .