Basic study on personal space while using mobile devices in public

Abstract

In recent years, smart mobile devices have come to be widely used in our life spaces. This development has the potential to create major changes in the ways people communicate in public spaces. This paper presents two studies on a user's personal space while using a device in public: the first investigated mobile device use between three people; the second examined communicating private information on large, interactive displays in public spaces. Then, we introduced the basic concept for our future research on personal space while using mobile devices in public. © 2014 Springer International Publishing.