Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing: First International Symposium, HUC'99, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 27-29, 1999, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (1707))

Truly Personal Handheld And Wearable Technologies Should Be Small And Unobtrusive And Allow Access To Information And Computing Most Of The Time And In Most Circumstance. Complimentary, Environment-based Technologies Make Artifacts Of Our Surrounding World Computationally Accessible And Facilitate Use Of Everyday Environments As A Ubiquitous Computing Interface. The International Symposium On Handheld And Ubiquitous Computing, Held For The First Time In September 1999, Was Initiated To Investigate Links And Synergies In These Developments, And To Relate Advances In Personal Technologies To Those In Environment-based Technologies. The Huc 99 Symposium Was Organised By The University Of Karlsruhe, In Particular By The Telecooperation Office (teco) Of The Institute For Telematics, In Close Collaboration With Zkm Karlsruhe, Which Generously Hosted The Event In Its Truly Inspiring Center For Arts And Media Technology. The Symposium Was Supported By The Association Of Computing Machinery (acm) And The German Computer Society (gesellschaft F R Informatik, Gi) And Held In Cooperation With A Number Of Special Interest Groups Of These Scientific Societies. Huc 99 Attracted A Large Number Of Paper Submissions, From Which The International Programme Committee Selected 23 High-quality Contributions For Presentation At The Symposium And For Inclusion In These Proceedings. In Addition, Posters Were Solicited To Provide An Outlet For Novel Ideas And Late-breaking Results; Selected Posters Are Also Included With These Proceedings. The Technical Programme Was Further Complemented By Four Invited Keynote Addresses, And Two Panel Sessions. Design Probes For Handheld And Ubiquitous Computing -- Maintaining Context And Control In A Digital World -- Everywhere Messaging -- Mobile, Ubiquitous And The Sense Of Space -- The Children’s Machines: Handheld And Wearable Computers Too -- Pocket Bargainfinder: A Handheld Device For Augmented Commerce -- Scalable And Flexible Location-based Services For Ubiquitous Information Access -- Enabling Context-awareness From Network-level Location Tracking -- Perceptual Intelligence -- Advanced Interaction In Context -- Exploring Brick-based Navigation And Composition In An Augmented Reality -- Handheld Computing Predictions: What Went Wrong? -- The Open-end Argument For Private Computing -- Integrating Pdas Into Distributed Systems: 2k And Palmorb -- Designing Information Appliances Using A Resource Replication Model -- Active Map: A Visualization Tool For Location Awareness To Support Informal Interactions --^ Close Encounters: Supporting Mobile Collaboration Through Interchange Of User Profiles -- A Digital Photography Framework Supporting Social Interaction And Affective Awareness -- The Role Of Connectivity In Supporting Context- Sensitive Applications -- Issues In Developing Context-aware Computing -- Ramses: A Mobile Computing System For Field Archaeology -- Token-based Access To Digital Information -- Infostick: An Interaction Device For Inter-appliance Computing -- Using Spatial Co-location For Coordination In Ubiquitous Computing Environments -- Amplifying Reality -- Designing Interaction Styles For A Mobile Use Context -- Pobox: An Efficient Text Input Method For Handheld And Ubiquitous Computers -- Middleware For Ubiquitous Computing -- Towards A Better Understanding Of Context And Context-awareness -- The Mediacup: Awareness Technology Embedded In An Everyday Object -- Point & Click-interaction In Smart Environments --^ Wearable Information Appliances For The Emergency Services: Hothelmet -- Using Wearable Computer As An Audiovisual Memory Prosthesis -- Today’s Stories -- On The Self Evaluation Of A Wearable Assistant -- On Positioning For Augmented Reality Systems -- Hippie: A Nomadic Information System -- A Rapidly Configurable Location-aware Information System For An Exterior Environment -- Mobile Computing In Machine Engineering Applications -- Chameleon — Reconfigurability In Hand-held Multimedia Computers -- An Evaluation Of Webtwig — A Site Outliner For Handheld Web Access -- Human Factors Of Multi-modal Ubiquitous Computing -- Urcp: Experimental Support For Multi-modal Interfaces -- Magic Medicine Cabinet: A Situated Portal For Consumer Healthcare -- Augmented Workspace: The World As Your Desktop -- The Chatterbox -- Pollen: Virtual Networks That Use People As Carriers -- Voip In Context-aware Communication Spaces -- A Platform For Environment-aware Applications --^ The Design And Implementation Of The Ubidata Information Dissemination Framework -- Co-authoring In Dynamic Teams With Mobile Individuals -- A Universal, Location-aware Hoarding Mechanism -- Qos And Context Awareness For Mobile Computing -- Anonymous And Confidential Communications From An Ip Addressless Computer -- Ad-hoc Network Routing For Centralized Information Sharing Systems. Hans-w. Gellersen (ed.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Design Probes for Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 1-19 Maintaining Context and Control in a Digital World....Pages 20-21 Everywhere Messaging....Pages 22-27 Mobile, Ubiquitous and the Sense of Space....Pages 28-30 The Children’s Machines: Handheld and Wearable Computers Too....Pages 31-43 Pocket BargainFinder: A Handheld Device for Augmented Commerce....Pages 44-51 Scalable and Flexible Location-Based Services for Ubiquitous Information Access....Pages 52-66 Enabling Context-Awareness from Network-Level Location Tracking....Pages 67-73 Perceptual Intelligence....Pages 74-88 Advanced Interaction in Context....Pages 89-101 Exploring Brick-Based Navigation and Composition in an Augmented Reality....Pages 102-116 Handheld Computing Predictions: What Went Wrong?....Pages 117-123 The Open-End Argument for Private Computing....Pages 124-136 Integrating PDAs into Distributed Systems: 2K and PalmORB....Pages 137-149 Designing Information Appliances Using a Resource Replication Model....Pages 150-157 Active Map : A Visualization Tool for Location Awareness to Support Informal Interactions....Pages 158-170 Close Encounters: Supporting Mobile Collaboration through Interchange of User Profiles....Pages 171-185 A Digital Photography Framework Supporting Social Interaction and Affective Awareness....Pages 186-192 The Role of Connectivity in Supporting Context- Sensitive Applications....Pages 193-207 Issues in Developing Context-Aware Computing....Pages 208-221 RAMSES: A Mobile Computing System for Field Archaeology....Pages 222-233 Token-Based Access to Digital Information....Pages 234-245 InfoStick: An Interaction Device for Inter-Appliance Computing....Pages 246-258 Using Spatial Co-location for Coordination in Ubiquitous Computing Environments....Pages 259-273 Amplifying Reality....Pages 274-279 Designing Interaction Styles for a Mobile Use Context....Pages 281-288 POBox: An Efficient Text Input Method for Handheld and Ubiquitous Computers....Pages 289-300 Middleware for Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 301-303 Towards a Better Understanding of Context and Context-Awareness....Pages 304-307 The MediaCup: Awareness Technology Embedded in an Everyday Object....Pages 308-310 Point & Click-Interaction in Smart Environments....Pages 311-313 Wearable Information Appliances for the Emergency Services: HotHelmet....Pages 314-316 Using Wearable Computer as an Audiovisual Memory Prosthesis....Pages 317-318 Today’s Stories....Pages 320-323 On the Self Evaluation of a Wearable Assistant....Pages 324-326 On Positioning for Augmented Reality Systems....Pages 327-329 Hippie: A Nomadic Information System....Pages 330-333 A Rapidly Configurable Location-Aware Information System for an Exterior Environment....Pages 334-336 Mobile Computing in Machine Engineering Applications....Pages 337-339 Chameleon — Reconfigurability in Hand-Held Multimedia Computers....Pages 340-342 An Evaluation of WebTwig — A Site Outliner for Handheld Web Access....Pages 343-345 Human Factors of Multi-modal Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 346-348 URCP: Experimental Support for Multi-modal Interfaces....Pages 349-351 Magic Medicine Cabinet: A Situated Portal for Consumer Healthcare....Pages 352-355 Augmented Workspace: The World as Your Desktop....Pages 356-358 The ChatterBox....Pages 359-361 Pollen: Virtual Networks That Use People as Carriers....Pages 362-364 VoIP in Context-Aware Communication Spaces....Pages 365-367 A Platform for Environment-Aware Applications....Pages 368-370 The Design and Implementation of the Ubidata Information Dissemination Framework....Pages 371-373 Co-authoring in Dynamic Teams with Mobile Individuals....Pages 374-376 A Universal, Location-Aware Hoarding Mechanism....Pages 377-379 QoS and Context Awareness for Mobile Computing....Pages 380-382 Anonymous and Confidential Communications from an IP Addressless Computer....Pages 383-385 Ad-hoc Network Routing for Centralized Information Sharing Systems....Pages 386-388 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, HUC'99, held in Karlsruhe, Germany in September 1999. The 23 revised full papers presented together with four invited keynote contributions, 26 reviewed posters, and two panel statements were carefully reviewed and selected from a large number of paper submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on handheld and wearable appliances, location-based services, smart devices and smart environments, handhelds in distributed systems, handheld and wearable CSCW, context-aware mobile applications, interacting with environment, and interacting with handhelds "The papers are organized in topical sections on handheld and wearable appliances, location-based services, smart devices and smart environments, handhelds in distributed systems, handheld and wearable CSCW, context-aware mobile applications, interacting with environment, and interacting with handhelds." -- From publisher's web page