e-Ghosts: Leaving Virtual Footprints in Ubiquitous Workspaces

Vernik, M., Johnson, S. and Vernik, R.

Ubiquitous workspaces are future media-rich environments that employ new forms of operating systems and services to coordinate and manage interactions between people, multiple display surfaces, information, personal devices, and workspace applications. e-Ghosts is a meta application which makes novel use of workflow to support the coordination and orchestration of briefings and demonstrations within a ubiquitous workspace. This paper describes this new class of application and discusses a range of characteristics that need to be considered in relation to their design and implementation. Managing the trade-offs between interactive and automated modes in such dynamic and complex environments is of particular concern.

Cite as: Vernik, M., Johnson, S. and Vernik, R. (2004). e-Ghosts: Leaving Virtual Footprints in Ubiquitous Workspaces. In Proc. Fifth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2004), Dunedin, New Zealand. CRPIT, 28. Cockburn, A., Ed. ACS. 111-116.

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