TY - JOUR

T1 - Situated interaction with a smart environment

T2 - Challenges and opportunities

AU - Tenbrink, Thora

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

N2 - Interacting with a smart environment involves agreeing on what to do when, based on a joint understanding of where things and people are or where they should be. Face-to-face interaction between humans, or between humans and robots, implies clearly identifiable perspectives on the environment that can be used to establish such a joint understanding. A smart environment, in contrast, is ubiquitous and thus perspective-independent. This paper reviews the implications of this situation in terms of the challenges for establishing joint spatial reference between humans and smart systems, and presents a somewhat unconventional solution as an opportunity.

AB - Interacting with a smart environment involves agreeing on what to do when, based on a joint understanding of where things and people are or where they should be. Face-to-face interaction between humans, or between humans and robots, implies clearly identifiable perspectives on the environment that can be used to establish such a joint understanding. A smart environment, in contrast, is ubiquitous and thus perspective-independent. This paper reviews the implications of this situation in terms of the challenges for establishing joint spatial reference between humans and smart systems, and presents a somewhat unconventional solution as an opportunity.

KW - Perspective

KW - Communication

KW - Spatial reference

KW - Common Ground

U2 - 10.1007/s13218-017-0495-7

DO - 10.1007/s13218-017-0495-7

M3 - Short survey

VL - 31

SP - 257

EP - 264

JO - KI - Künstliche Intelligenz

JF - KI - Künstliche Intelligenz

SN - 0933-1875

IS - 3

ER -