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This work introduces a new resource for public multimedia service stations - a presence sensor. This device permits the computer to detect the presence of a user, so that the user does not need to initiate the interaction process with the computer. Studies done with a variety of users prove that this new resource, in addition to facilitating the initial contact with the computer, also improves the human-machine interaction, once the user loses the initial inhibition to begin communication. The project proposes the implementation of a multimedia station that combines various existing multimedia resources in conventional stations with the presence sensor.
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Santos, M.S., de Souza, F.F., Salgado, A.C. (1995). An Alternative Interface for Multimedia Service Stations. In: Nordby, K., Helmersen, P., Gilmore, D.J., Arnesen, S.A. (eds) Human—Computer Interaction. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-5041-2896-4_40
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