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|aContext-aware mobile computing : |baffordances of space, social awareness, and social influence / |cGeri Gay
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|aSan Rafael, Calif : |bMorgan & Claypool Publishers, |cc2009
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|aSynthesis lectures on human-centered informatics ; |v# 4|x1946-7699
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|aPart of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
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|aSeries from website
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|aTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 3, 2009)
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|aIncludes bibliographical references
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|aThe integration of ubiquitous mobile computing resources into physical spaces can potentially affect the development, maintenance, and transformation of communities and social interactions and relations within aparticular context or location. Ubiquitous mobile computing allows users to engage in activities in diverse physical locations, to access resources specific to the location, and to communicate directly or indirectly with others. Mobile technologies can potentially enhance socialinteractions and users' experiences, extend both social and informational resources available in context, and greatly alter the nature and quality of our interactions. Activities using mobile devices in context generate complex systems of interactions, and the benefits of ubiquity and mobility can be easily lost if that complexity is not appreciated and understood. This monograph attempts to address issues of using and designing location-based computing systems and the use of these tools to enhance social awareness, navigate in spaces, extend interactions, and influence others
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|aMobile computing
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|aSynthesis lectures on human-centered informatics (Online) ; |v# 4
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