Interactive Mixed Reality installations combine multimedia with novel multimodal interaction techniques. As an example of mixed reality environments the “Sensoric Garden” seven installations shown during a festival in Bremen are described. As this kind of event cannot be evaluated in terms of usability or effectiveness, we need other categories to assess the attractiveness or “joy of use” of in...

Following the Brent Spar controversy, the OSPAR countries reached a unanimous agreement in 1998 for the future rules for disposal of petroleum installations. The vast majority of existing offshore installations will be re-used or returned to shore for recycling or disposal. For installations where there is no generic solution, one should take a case-by-case approach. We provide a survey of inte...

During 1991, ovitrapping was conducted by 37 U.S. Air Force installations. Sixteen installations were positive for Aedes albopictus. The number (449) and percent (21.5%) of Ae. albopictus-positive ovipaddles was almost 4 times that of the previous year. The collections of Ae. albopictus at Columbus Air Force Base (AFB), MS, and Shaw AFB, SC, are new records for Lowndes and Sumter counties, resp...

Public installations have the opportunity to influence many people due to their location and the vast amount of people that are exposed to them. However, due to lack of interaction these installations might waste this opportunity of creating a rich experience for the people. This paper investigates how interaction with public installations affects its users by evaluating the experience of users...

During 1992, ovitrapping to sample populations of container-breeding Aedes was conducted at 28 U.S. Air Force installations in North America. Aedes albopictus was collected at 19 installations. The collections of Ae. albopictus at Goodfellow Air Force base (AFB), TX, and Moody AFB, GA, represent new records for Tom Green and Lowndes counties, respectively. Six installations were positive for Ae...

In this paper we will examine the use of the digital screen display as a primary form of accessing information within the museum context. We will argue that this mode of dissemination, achieved primarily through a Graphic User Interface (GUI) though highly efficient in providing contextual support, can be detrimental to a wider sense of social interaction and engagement between visitors, both o...

We present a description of two small audio/visual immersive installations. The main framework is an interactive structure that enables multiple participants to generate jazz improvisations, loosely speaking. The first uses a Bayesian Network to respond to sung or played pitches with machine pitches, in a kind of constrained harmonic way. The second uses Bayesian Networks and Hidden Markov Mode...

Preface The Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Lighting Installations (Lighting Code) developed by the Electrical & Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) aims to set out the minimum design requirements on energy efficiency of lighting installations. It forms a part of a set of comprehensive Building Energy Codes (BEC) that addresses energy efficiency requirements in building services ins...