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New tools have appeared to improve interaction with products in online shopping: virtual reality (VR) applications, where customers are immersed in a wholly virtual environment; augmented reality (AR) applications, which allow virtual elements to ...

Digital advertisement enables potential consumers to picture what they might experience when they use an advertised product. Creating effective user experience (UX) images in digital advertisement helps companies promote their products and attract ...

In many different kinds of complex forms (financial, job applications, etc.), information button widgets are used to give context-specific information to enable users to fill out forms completely. However, in longer forms, “decision fatigue” can ...

Objective: This paper was studied the behavior of ventilator operators from a cognitive perspective. A model was built from the behavior of the operators, especially when an alarm happened. Introduction: The frequency of ventilator use is ...

This paper presents a study for the effectiveness of digital nudging using two alternative questionnaire designs. Each questionnaire used the same 13 questions but included different digital nudges aiming to lead the participant to a different ...

In using a search engine, we propose words as a search query that we believe are likely to locate various kinds of desired information. When a search result fails to include the desired information or does not answer our questions, we often change ...

The style of reading books has shifted. People use electronic devices to read e-books. People often read books in a short time because it is difficult to have enough time for reading books at one time. If there is a time gap between readings, they ...

During the maintenance of a nuclear power plants (NPP), being aware of radioactive strength at one’s position is an important issue to ensure workers’ safety. For that purpose, a human interface for radiation awareness is useful. Auditory ...

The automatic summarization of scientific papers, to assist researchers in conducting literature surveys, has garnered significant attention because of the rapid increase in the number of scientific articles published each year. However, whether ...

Reading gives readers intellectual stimuli, elicits their imagination and creativity, and expands their inner world. If reading has such importance, in Japan, many people don’t understand the importance of reading. In this research, we introduce ...

The various notifications received on computers while being used interrupt users’ reading experience, negatively affect their emotions, and increase the cognitive load. Many studies have focused on user behavior and user state to control the ...

Computer based systems provides almost unlimited data storage, however, to be useful information needs to be processed and represented by suitable visualization solutions. A better visualization of information is necessary to browse and understand ...

This paper reports the findings of a Systematic Literature Review of extant literature on Recommender Systems (RS) and message design. By identifying, analyzing and synthesizing relevant studies, we aim to generate a contemporary mapping of ...

In the context of intelligent communication, with the advancement of artificial intelligence technology, technologies such as voice interaction, image recognition, gesture recognition, and brain-computer interface have been further developed and ...

As the ability to collect and store data grows, so does the need to efficiently analyze that data. As human-machine teams that use machine learning (ML) algorithms as a way to inform human decision-making grow in popularity it becomes increasingly ...

Web GIS offer precious data to explore geographic areas but they might overload the user with large amounts of information if (s)he is unable to specify efficient search queries. Services such as OpenStreetMap and Google Maps support focused ...

In Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), evacuation from a battlefield may not be immediately available, resulting in a medic providing Prolonged Field Care (PFC) for one or more casualties over hours or days.

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Machine Learning (ML) has shown great potential for automating several aspects of everyday life and business. Experiences reports on developing ML systems, however, focus mainly on how to install, configure and maintain an ML system, but do not ...

Studies have shown that changes in shear or friction force at the fingertips contribute to weight perception. Pinching an actively moving object induces a similar change in shear or friction force at the fingertips, and humans may perceive the ...

This paper discusses findings in a user study evaluation of a novel digital brainstorming tool situated in a cognitive immersive environment. We compare how the brainstorming tools enable sensemaking by examining thematic units produced by users. ...

In this age of the corona disaster, face-to-face lectures have been decreasing and on-demand lectures have been increasing. However, the role of students beside oneself in real classroom interaction is important. In this study, we expand this to ...

From words, images, films to games, the development of narrative is inseparable from the evolution of media. With the advent of virtual reality, the traditional paradigms of storytelling need to be expanded. VR can simulate the real world vividly ...

Shadow is an effective projection for presence of real objects, and has important roles in three-dimensional effects and reality of virtual space. Therefore avatar’s shadow would be able to have interactive effects with the avatar’s self in a ...

Owing to the spread of virtual reality (VR) content, avatars that can be used have become more diverse. Several studies have been conducted on the effects of avatars on users. The investigation on the effects of avatar shape on the perception of ...

The illusion of virtual body ownership (IVBO) gives us the feeling of perceiving a virtual body as our own body. It affects our behavior and the sense of presence. The recent emergence of lower-cost VR devices and social VR environments have ...