Exiting the Cleanroom: On Ecological Validity and Ubiquitous Computing

• Published in: Human-computer interaction Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 47 - 99
• Main Authors: Carter, Scott, Mankoff, Jennifer, Klemmer, Scott R., Matthews, Tara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hillsdale Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2008; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Design; End users; Human-computer interaction; Online transaction processing; Prototypes; Ubiquitous computing

Over the past decade and a half, corporations and academies have invested considerable time and money in the realization of ubiquitous computing. Yet design approaches that yield ecologically valid understandings of ubiquitous computing systems, which can help designers make design decisions based o...