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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Types of Context in HCI 2.1 User Context 2.2 Time Context 2.3 Physical Context 2.4 Computing Context 3 Context-Aware Computing 4 Context-Aware Applications 5 Examples of HCI Contexts 5.1 Mobile Devices 5.2 Consumer Devices 5.3 Business Applications 5.4 World Wide Web 5.5 Collaboration Systems 5.6 Games 6 See Also 7 References 8 Further Reading 9 External Links

Introduction

Types of Context in HCI

User Context

• The user context(also known as personal context) represents information about the end-user, which interacts with the system.
• This includes information such as the user profile (age, preferences, etc.), the user’s location (e.g. absolute position, indoors, outdoors, etc.) and orientation, nearby objects, the people nearby and the social situation.

Time Context

• The time context covers relevant information related to time such as absolute time, date, day of the week and season.

Physical Context

• The physical context includes everything, which is measurable in the environment of the system with which the user interacts.
• This includes temperatures, noise levels, lighting situations, traffic conditions, etc.

Computing Context

• The computing context contains everything related to computational resources.
• This can include things such as available networks, network bandwidth, communication costs and nearby computational resources such as printers or fax machines.

Context-Aware Computing

Context-Aware Applications

Examples of HCI Contexts

Mobile Devices

Consumer Devices

Business Applications

World Wide Web

Collaboration Systems

Games

See Also

References

Further Reading

External Links