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Although not mentioned in the lecture (advertising is not allowed at TED talks), Underkoffler's Oblong
Industries is already working to make those systems real.
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Van der Vaart, A. J. M. (1995). Arm movements in operating rotary controls (Doctoral dissertation).
Techniche Universiteit Delft, Netherlands, Delftse Univ. Pres.
Dissertation (169 pg) Intense detail into arm and hand motions when dealing with controls such as knobs
and joysticks - including experimental test methods. Sections both in English and Dutch. Many useful
diagrams for those designing the actual mechanics of controls. Suitable information if designing a new
six-degree of freedom joystick.
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Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) . (2008). Tufts University. Site developed by Academic Technology.
Retrieved from <http://vue.tufts.edu/>
Downloadable, open source software to create flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources
in support of teaching, learn ing and research. "VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring,
presenting, and sharing digital information."
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Wan, C, et al. (1991). 'Vise: A Visual Programming Environment for Data Analysis and Visualization ."
Presented at the 1999/Nov. Conference of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) User Interface
Software and Technology (National Information Display Laboratory) .
Report (7 pg) Pertinent in the context of reflecting the degree of difficulty when presenting information
about the health of an electromechanical system, where comprehending and reacting to the data is not
straightforward. Hierarchical organization covered.
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Webb, P. (Ed.). (1964). SECTION 17. VISION, Bioastronautics Data Book. NASA SP-3006. Washington DC:
Scientific and Technical Information Division.
Section from Book containing data on human vision, field of view, effects of lighting, etc.
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Woods, D. D. (1984). Visual momentum: a concept to improve the cognitive coupling of person and
computer. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 21, 229-244.
Report (16 pg), Examines the problem of getting lost when working with the multiple display windows that
are now common in computer displays. The taxonomy is also useful.
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Woods, D. D. (1988). The Significance Messages Concept for Intelligent Adaptive Data Display. Working
Paper Series No. 1988-015. Columbus OH: Ohio State University.
Report (21 pg) Discusses how intelligent monitoring systems can take on the function of combining a
number of variables to calculated a condensed and meaningful "Significant Message" to the user. For
example, instead of just displaying various states of a system, the intelligent system takes all those values
to give the user a key message, such as "Pump 1 at reduced capacity ."
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Woods, D. D. (1993). The price of flexibility. In Hefley & Murray (Eds.), Proceeding of the International
Workshop on Intelligent User Interfaces. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Report (7 pg) Illustrates how adding flexibility to information displays increased the burden on the users.
Users dealt with this by setting a default fixed display and by avoiding using the systems during high­
stress moments. A list of corrective measures is provided for designing intelligent user interfaces.
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