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Mobile Apps for Acting on the Physical Space

Mobile Apps for Acting on the Physical Space

Sara Eloy, Pedro Faria Lopes, Tiago Miguel Pedro, Lázaro Ourique, Luis Santos Dias
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 35
ISBN13: 9781522552703|ISBN10: 1522552707|EISBN13: 9781522552710
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5270-3.ch003
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Eloy, Sara, et al. "Mobile Apps for Acting on the Physical Space." Mobile Applications and Solutions for Social Inclusion, edited by Sara Paiva, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 48-82. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5270-3.ch003

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Eloy, S., Lopes, P. F., Pedro, T. M., Ourique, L., & Dias, L. S. (2018). Mobile Apps for Acting on the Physical Space. In S. Paiva (Ed.), Mobile Applications and Solutions for Social Inclusion (pp. 48-82). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5270-3.ch003

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Eloy, Sara, et al. "Mobile Apps for Acting on the Physical Space." In Mobile Applications and Solutions for Social Inclusion, edited by Sara Paiva, 48-82. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5270-3.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the development of mobile applications in a research strategy that combines computer sciences and architecture and urbanism. The main goal of the research is to develop mobile applications that help specific target people in daily life situations and that clearly contribute for advances in the fields of computer sciences and social responses. The authors discuss a group of mobile apps that were developed for smartphones and tablets and that respond to the following broad goals: 1) mapping of the physical space in order to adapt it to respond better to the users' needs, 2) adaptation of the physical space to the users' needs, and finally, 3) give the users a better knowledge about the physical space they are in. For each app developed, the authors describe the research problem involved, the goals, the development process, and the developed solution as well as the tests conducted to measure their performance. Usability and satisfaction tests revealed that the developed apps have a good acceptance by the target users.

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