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Introduction: Ubiquitous Computing: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere?
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Stanton, Neville |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | Computers are ubiquitous, in terms that they are everywhere, but does this mean the same as ubiquitous computing? Views are divided. The convergent device (one-does-all) view posits the computer as a tool through which anything, and indeed everything, can be done (Licklider & Taylor, 1968). The divergent device (many-do-all) view, by contrast, offers a world where microprocessors are embedded in everything and communicating with one another (Weiser, 1991). This debate is implicitly present in this issue, with examples of the convergent device in Crook & Barrowcliff's paper and in Gay et al's paper, and examples of the divergent devices in Thomas & Gellersen's paper and Baber's paper. I suspect both streams of technology are likely to co-exist |
| Related Links | https://core.ac.uk/reader/334508 |
| Ending Page | 111 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 107 |
| ISSN | 10447318 |
| e-ISSN | 15327590 |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15327590ijhc1302_1 |
| Journal | International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2001-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Computation Theory and Mathematics Ubiquitous Computing Anytime Anyplace Introduction |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Human Factors and Ergonomics Human-Computer Interaction Computer Science Applications |
