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Criconnect
- 1. Criconnect Get connected to cricket Ravikumar Jayaraman IU HCI-d Capstone, 2010-11
- 2. Criconnect • Website – Cricket fans to connect to cricket – In local area within United States
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- 4. Overview • Problem • Approach •Research
- 5. Overview • Criconnect – Design decisions & intentions – Features, Criconnect 1.0 & Criconnect 2.0 – Scenario – Sponsors – Other sports – For HCI
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- 17. Problem • Insufficient accessto the community or resources – Cricket fans travelling to United States – Deeply passionate – Desire to connect to the game
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- 21. General focus • Cricketfans – International students who currently study or work after studies in United States
- 22. Common Problems • Survey – Awareness about local club – Finding the community – Lack of media – Lack of infrastructure and resources – Unaffordable cost and inaccessibility of equipments – Lack of recognition and awareness about cricket – Less commitment and time availability to cricket due to studies and work – Weather – University rules for clubs
- 23. Narrowed focus • Cricketfans in Bloomington • Passionate about cricket and desire to connect to cricket • Primarily enter US as students • Especially on how they connect to cricket in Bloomington
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- 25. Research • Primary research •Literature review • Critical analysis
- 26. Primary research • Joinedand participated in the IUBCC club – Weekly games and occasional tournaments on special holidays • Observed club’s activity in Google groups • Interviewed administrator and new club members • Design sessions
- 27. IUBCC • IUBCC (IndianaUniversity Bloomington – Cricket Club) – Cricket club registered under Indiana University – Primarily consists of international students
- 28. More about IUBCC •Cricket games played twice a week generally on weekends • Google groups used as the primary tool for organizing and communicating about games
- 29. Interview with administrator •Responsibilities as admin of IUBCC – Scheduling and finding adequate number of people to play every week – Finding resources – Problems of expanding as well as managing the club – Co-ordinate meetings – Organizing tournaments
- 30. Interview with administrator •Desire – Helping the sport reach out to maximum people and create more awareness • Current approaches – Orientation – Word-of-mouth
- 31. Interview with newmembers • Methods they used to find about the club • Friends – Existing members – Not a member but did knew about the club – Other new club members who are socially well connected
- 32. Insights • Primary methodsof spreading awareness – Word-of-mouth and social network • Factors in spreading the awareness – Driven by chance – Cost and effort
- 33. Design sessions • Approachesto find activity/club in local area – Websites and web services • Google search, Google Maps, Websites – Social connections • Friends, Facebook – Self-exploration – Professional place – Accidental
- 34. Insights • Web presence – Increases the chance of finding relevant community – Easy to tie up with social networks while maintaining the uniqueness
- 35. Literature Review • HCIand Sports • HCI and Connectedness • Cricket & baseball in US
- 36. HCI and Sports Watchingexperience • Rich sensory experience using audio tools – Weldon, M. 2006. Audio tools for sports fan interaction. In CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Montréal, Québec, Canada, April 22 - 27, 2006). CHI '06. ACM, New York, NY, 1511-1516 • Mixed reality based experience – Bardzell, J., Bardzell, S., Birchler, C., and Ryan, W. 2007. Double dribble: illusionism, mixed reality, and the sports fan experience. In Proceedings of the international Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Salzburg, Austria, June 13 - 15, 2007). ACE '07, vol. 203. ACM, New York, NY, 216-219 • Improved control over television watching – Lynn, S. G., Olsen, D. R., and Partridge, B. G. 2009. Time warp football. In Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on European interactive Television Conference (Leuven, Belgium, June 03 - 05, 2009). EuroITV '09. ACM, New York, NY, 77-86
- 37. HCI and Sports Playingexperience • Technology to facilitate synchronous long-distance sports – Mueller, F., Stevens, G., Thorogood, A., O'Brien, S., and Wulf, V. 2007. Sports over a Distance. Personal Ubiquitous Comput. 11, 8 (Dec. 2007), 633-645. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-006-0133-0. • Technology which endures the intensity of several sports – Mueller, F. '., Agamanolis, S., Vetere, F., and Gibbs, M. 2009. Brute force interactions: leveraging intense physical actions in gaming. In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human interaction Special interest Group: Design: Open 24/7 (Melbourne, Australia, November 23 - 27, 2009). OZCHI '09, vol. 411. ACM, New York, NY, 57-64 • Mixed reality based experience – Bardzell, J., Bardzell, S., Birchler, C., and Ryan, W. 2007. Double dribble: illusionism, mixed reality, and the sports fan experience. In Proceedings of the international Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Salzburg, Austria, June 13 - 15, 2007). ACE '07, vol. 203. ACM, New York, NY, 216-219
- 38. HCI and Sports Socializingaspect • Computer supported collaborative sports (CSCS) – “Exploration into the design of computer applications which require sport-like input activities to achieve collective game experiences, mainly executed over a distance” – Computer supported collaborative play (CSCP) focusing more on fun and play • Wulf V, Moritz EF, Henneke C, Al-Zubaidi K, Stevens G (2004) Computer supported collaborative sports: creating social spaces filled with sports activities. In: Proceedings of 3rd international conference educational computing (ICEC 2004), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, LNCS, pp 80–89 • Mueller, F., Stevens, G., Thorogood, A., O'Brien, S., and Wulf, V. 2007. Sports over a Distance. Personal Ubiquitous Comput. 11, 8 (Dec. 2007), 633-645. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-006-0133-0. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-006-0133-0
- 39. Insights • Existing sportsfan community • Focus so far – Enhance watching and playing experience – Long-distance playing as opposed to local
- 40. HCI and Connectedness Fosteringa sense of community • Promoting chance encounters, long-distance sports, multi-point communication • Design nuggets – “Balance togetherness and uniqueness” – “Design for investment and growth” Agamanolis, S. (2003) Designing displays for Human Connectedness. In Public and Situated Displays. Social and Interactional Aspects of Shared Display Technologies. K. O'Hara, M. Perry, E. Churchill and Russell, D. (Eds), Kluwer, 2003, 309-334 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.59.5456&rep=rep1&type=pdf
- 41. Insights • Views ofsocial bonding through sports – One emphasizes on the socializing factor where the game becomes a tool – Other emphasizes on game where socialization is only a part of the game • Assumptions in long-distance sports tools – People are connected to or know each other, at least they have a common context
- 42. Cricket & baseballin US • “blood brothers separated at birth but genetically linked” • Ancestor games - stool ball and trap ball • Cricket game in US • America’s leading ball game in 1855 • Downfall after the Civil War • Implications • Baseball took over cricket • Fast-paced lifestyle in US prohibited the growth of cricket “Swinging away- How Cricket and Baseball Connect” – Beth Hise
- 43. Insights • Cultural andsocial conditions shape history of the game • Cricket has to compete with and adapt elements from baseball
- 44. Critical analysis ofGoogle groups • Juxtaposed the club members’ need against what the Google groups offers
- 45. Insights • Google groupsnot customized for the rich communication between the members – “Discussions” were used to schedule weekly matches and often lacked rich information such as weather, tracking the count of people playing etc., – Quantitative approach to classify members • Features such as rating a person which did not align with the contribution to the club
- 46. Summary – Approach •Approach – General focus • Cricket fans – Survey and narrow focus • Cricket fans, primarily entering Bloomington, IN, US as students
- 47. Summary - Research •Research – Primary • Participation, observation, interviews & design sessions • Current approaches to connect & challenges – Web, social network, self-exploratory, chance-driven
- 48. Summary - Research •Research – Literature review • HCI & Sports, HCI & Connectedness, cricket & baseball in US • Current focus on community, social aspect & remote bonding, culture & historical influence
- 49. Summary - Research •Research – Critical analysis • Google groups used by IUBCC admin & members • Lack of richness and quantitative approach
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- 51. Criconnect • Design decisions & intentions • Features • Criconnect 1.0 • Criconnect 2.0 • Scenario • Sponsors • Other sports • For HCI
- 52. Problems/Barriers • Awareness ofwhen/where/how to • Finding time • Resources (equipment, transport, grounds, medical etc.,) • Sustaining the passion • Unaffordable cost
- 53. Problems/Barriers • Ensuring sufficientnumber of people are there for playing • Weather • Sustaining cricket amidst new culture • Overcoming gender and cultural bias • Educating children
- 54. Natural constraints • Limitationson transport • Entry & exit timeline of students • Growth of club will saturate
- 55. Research insights • Primaryresearch – Current approaches to connect & challenges – Web, social network, self-exploratory, chance- driven
- 56. Research insights • Literaturereview – Current focus on community, social aspect & remote bonding, culture & historical influence
- 57. Research insights • Criticalanalysis – Lack of richness and quantitative approach
- 58. Values • “Ultimate particular” • ‘The Design Way: Intentional Change in an unpredictable World : Foundations and Fundamentals of Design Competence’ - Harold G. Nelson, Erik Stolterman • Intentional • Practical • Highly useful to fans
- 59. Design decisions &intentions
- 60. Design decisions &intentions • Website • Very accessible for students – Intention • Must provide rich contextual information Take into account limitations on time, cost and transport
- 61. Design decisions &intentions • Intention – Primarily encourage playing compared to watching, at least weekly basis • Rich embodied experience • Chances of high bonding with the community • Health benefits – Promotion of interest and awareness in cricket among locals – Contributes to community development in long term
- 62. Design decisions &intentions • Intention – Low or no cost – Continued access to cricket even after location change • Students should have access to cricket if they need to move to new place because of work or studies
- 63. Design decisions &intentions • Website • Encourage playing at least on a weekly basis • Low or no cost • Continued access to cricket
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- 66. Features • Playing information- when, where, duration, directions, weather • Watching information • Announcements and calendar • Gallery of pictures & videos from past matches • Forums for members to talk about cricket, planning tournaments etc., • Sponsor pages where they list special information/discounts
- 67. Features • Tools/apps forumpiring, scoring, helping maintain fitness etc., • Profile for each player - scores recorded etc., • Services/plans for injury, how to avoid injury • Social network plugins to connect & spread cricket awareness • Tools for teaching and training school children & locals
- 68. Criconnect 1.0 • Creatingawareness about local cricket playing schedule • Giving more rich information – Targeted especially towards new cricket fans
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- 73. Feedback • Calendar • Transportand map become less important over period • Only email information on the site • For contact, carpools etc.,
- 74. Criconnect 2.0 • Watching games with groups • Scheduling and collecting responses for game • Connecting to cricket in a new place • Text version and calendar view • Adding weather info on the thumbnail
- 78. Prototype & evaluation •Paper mock-ups • Evaluation – Usefulness, ease of use, usability and likelihood of the system used in a new place
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- 80. Week #2 inUS Bloomington, Indiana Comes to know about Criconnect through web
- 102. Year #1 inUS Bloomington, IN Registered member and administrator Signed-in, RSVP for existing game, create new game as well as schedule weekly club game
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- 122. Sponsors • USA CricketAssociation – Expanding cricket • Cultural centers – Preserving and showcasing culture • Local ethnic restaurants/vendors – Serve culture, not just food
- 123. Other sports • Soccer/football,hockey and many other sports fans – Especially who travel to a new place/culture – Not necessarily students
- 124. For HCI • Intimacywith activities in addition to intimacy between people – CHI 2011 “leveraging our diversity and connecting people, cultures, technologies, experiences, and ideas”(http://chi2011.org/index.html) • Empowering impromptu/dynamic communities • Personal, social and entertainment
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- 126. New things Ilearnt • First hand experience with “client” • Being a cricket fan played a huge role • Astounded by passion of few fans
- 127. Things could havebeen done better • Critical analysis & comparison of Facebook groups • Better focus on Google groups critical analysis • Design session to create a game which participants will play on a weekly basis – Unclear instructions • Using personas to critique and strengthen the design – Insufficient design detail to completely use personas • Design evaluation through mobile phone
- 128. Inspirations • Cricinfo.com • Flickr • Facebook • Weather.com • Meetup.com • Google maps • Goby.com
- 129. How long canit be active • Till sponsored, managed and curated by USA Cricket Association • Till cultural, socio-economic changes – People’s interest in cricket and how they view it
- 130. From human perspective •Allows people to do what they are really passionate about – With people they prefer – With people who appreciate it
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- 133. Summary • Problem – Insufficient access to cricket community • Approach – Bloomington cricket fans • Research – Current approaches, literature review, critical analysis
- 134. Summary • Criconnect – Design decisions & intentions • Website, Low or no cost, Continued access,Highly useful – Features • Playing & watching schedule, schedule & RSVP for game – Sponsors, Other sports, For HCI
- 135. Attributions • Cricket ball (opening/ending slides and poster) (http://blog.citylets.co.uk/wp- content/uploads/2007/10/cricket-ball.jpg ) (free to share with attribution) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in/deed.en) • Cricket insect(http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsinyem/1139629962/in/photostream/) (free to share & remix) • Cricket game(http://www.flickr.com/photos/somethingness/3739968670/sizes/l/) (free to share & remix) • Cricket ground (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sowri/2228556362/sizes/l/) (free to share with attribution) • Age and place (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ampersandyslexia/3258490209/sizes/o/) (free to share & remix with attribution) • Cricket kids(http://www.flickr.com/photos/mckaysavage/1396038336/sizes/o/) (free to share & remix with attribution) • Gender (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rishabh_m/5434107646/sizes/o/) (free to share & remix with attribution) • Screenshots of Meetup.com, Goby.com, Google Maps with Cricket near Bloomington, IN, USA accessed on 5/16/2011 • Cricket passionate fan(http://www.flickr.com/photos/adwentures/3160405317/sizes/o/in/photostream/) (free to share & remix with attribution)
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- 137. For Capstone Erik Stolterman,Marty Siegel and Jeff Bardzell IUBCC, Ashish Karia, Eran, Dhairya, Rohan Rajawade, Kshitish, Suhas, Mudit, Kartik Trivedi, Anuj Patel, Ramya, Srikanth and everyone who took the survey Robert, Dan, Anna Eaglin, Elisha, Nina Mehta, Kathleen, Ammar, Xiying, Matt Edwards, Sarah, Sam Shahrani, Fanxing, Chris Basham, Jeremiah, Joy, John Wayne, Anjana, Juntao, Chitmeng, Tianlu,Yuebo, Apurva, Thalith,Vidya, Gopi and Ragesh
- 138. For Master’s Erik, Marty,Jeff, Shaowen and Eli Vidya, Gopi, Chad,Yujia, Moe, Casey and all my IDP mentors My awesome HCI-d cohort 2011
- 139. For support Family &friends
- 140. Criconnect Q &A