City pulse: Supporting going-out activities with a context-aware urban display

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a concept of City Pulse, an urban public display that helps people find going-out locations of their taste Relying on mobile context collected by going-out citizens, the display visualizes the immediate situation in city locations The sensors integrated into the citizens' mobile phones gather data on people's motion, pulse, and sound around Based on this data, City Pulse display shows, for instance, how crowded and how loud the locations are, which music is playing, whether people dance or drink In addition, users can request the display to highlight the places matching their preferences, such as specific cuisine or music style It also allows finding locations where the user's friends are currently going out We present design and of City Pulse display, motivating the concept by the user study conducted with 20 international participants © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.