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digital dossier

Create a VR that realizes a digital dossier for a work of a particular artist. A digital dossier represents the information that is available for a particular work of art, or a collection of works, of a particular artist. The digital dossier should be multimedia-enhanced, that is include photographs, audio and other multimedia material in a compelling manner.

Webster New World Dictionary

• dossier (dos-si-er) [ Fr < dos (back); so named because labeled on the back ] a collection of documents concerning a particular person or matter
• archive -- 1) a place where public records are kept ... 2) the records, material itself ...

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main node	interviews

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everything must be highly intertwinkled

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presentation of video clips from Marina Abramovic

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Reconstruction of Terra della Dea Madre in VRML.

style issues

• what icons should be used to identify the elements of the concept graph?
• what categories and relationships are most appropriate?
• how should the information be displayed, simultaneously or more focussed?
• how do we allow the user to choose between multiple information items?
• how do we avoid visually disturbing elements?

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no light	half light	full light

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user-centered design methods

field studies, user requirement analysis, iterative design, usability evaluation, task analysis, focus groups, formal/heuristic analysis, user interviews, prototype (without user testing), surveys, informal expert review, card sorting, participatory design

usability evaluation

• learnability -- time and effort to reach level of performance
• throughput -- the amount of work done
• flexibility -- accomodating changes in the task
• attitude -- of users to the system

task world ontology

• task -- activity performed by an agent to reach a certain goal
• goal -- a desired state in the task world or system
• role -- a meaningful collection of tasks
• object -- refers to a physical or non-physical entity
• agent -- an entity that is considered active
• event -- a change in the state of the task world

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