People And Computers Xviii - Design For Life : Proceedings Of Hci 2004. This item is unavailable.People And Computers Xviii - Design For Life : Proceedings Of Hci 2004

The eighteenth annual British HCI Conference chose as its theme Design for Life. 'Life' has many facets, from work (of course, or should we say inevitably!) to travel, fun and other forms of leisure. We selected 23 full papers out of 63 submitted, which covered our interaction with computer systems in a variety of types of life situation ― including games, tourism and certain types of work ― and also covered a variety of stages in our lives, from the young to the elderly. These papers were complemented by others that described more traditional aspects of research in the field of human-computer interaction. In putting together the programme we followed a three-stage process. First each paper was reviewed by at least three reviewers. Then a member of the committee conducted a meta-review. Finally, all sets of reviews were considered by the technical chairs who assembled a programme that was submitted to, and approved by, the full committee. This process was greatly assisted by the use of the Precision Conference Solutions web-based submission system. Even more important, of course, were the volunteer reviewers themselves. In recognition, this year we have made an award for the best reviewer as well as one for the best paper.

This volume contains the full papers presented at HCI 2004, the 18th Annual Conference of the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the British Computer Society. "People and Computers XVIII" includes leading-edge discussions outlining the latest research results and novel systems from the foremost research and development groups and laboratories throughout the UK and Europe. The themes covered, include mobile devices, multimedia and hypermedia, wireless applications, collaborative working, graphics and virtual reality.The papers presented in this volume aim to have a strong industrial and commercial focus including contributions from leading figures from both the research and business sectors. This year's theme, Design for Life, focuses on quality applications that make a difference to real people such as: interactive technology supporting work, leisure, health, education and communities; universal design that recognizes diverse user groups, including younger and older users, and wider global markets; and, sustainable development.