This article investigates the use of participatory technologies for augmenting urban
governance by giving citizens and local communities a voice in the city making process. We …

Community bulletin boards serve an important function for public information sharing in
modern society. Posted fliers advertise services, events, and other announcements …

Public interactive displays (PID) are a promising technology for providing information and
collecting feedback in public spaces. Research on PIDs has shown that, like all public …

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are enabling a wide range of new opportunities for the user. For
example, in the near future users may be able to visit virtual shopping malls and virtually join …

Field studies on public displays can be difficult, expensive, and time-consuming. We
investigate the feasibility of using virtual reality (VR) as a test-bed to evaluate deployments …

After years in the lab, interactive public displays are finding their way into public spaces,
shop windows, and public institutions. They are equipped with a multitude of sensors as well …

Although emergency services have already recognized the importance of citizen-initiated
activities during disasters, still questions with regard to the coordination of spontaneous …

In their influential book" Public space" Carr et al. describe essential human needs that public
spaces fulfill:(1) passive engagement with the environment, where we observe what others …

Fueled by falling display hardware costs and rising demand, digital signage and pervasive
displays are becoming ever more ubiquitous. Such systems have traditionally been used for …

This paper presents a series of studies on situated interfaces for community engagement.
Firstly, we identify five recurring design challenges as well as four common strategies used …