Paper Info
Title
Next2You: a proximity-based social application aiming to encourage interaction between nearby people.
Abstract
This paper presents the design and concept evaluation of Next2You, a proximity-based social mobile application that uses gamification, progressive disclosure and light-weight interactions to encourage interaction between people who are regularly within a close proximity of each other. The application aims to break the current norm of matching and introducing people based on similar interests or commonalities. We conducted focus groups to evaluate the application concept. We report findings of the user study contributing to the understanding of the potential and challenges of gamified proximity-based social applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/3012709.3012742
MUM
Keywords
Field
DocType
Social applications, Proximity-based systems, Social interaction, Progressive disclosure, Gamification
Social relation,Computer science,Norm (social),Human–computer interaction,Progressive disclosure,Concept evaluation,Focus group
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
14
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Susanna Paasovaara1988.98
Ekaterina Olshannikova2527.39
Pradthana Jarusriboonchai34210.13
Aris Malapaschas491.84
Thomas Olsson520826.72