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Workshop on Human Living in Future Cities - Nick Tyler (UCL), "Sensing Time"
This document discusses time perception and how it can be influenced. It notes that waiting for future events seems longer than it actually is, while past events seem to pass more quickly. Real-time arrival information can help match perceived waiting time to actual time. The document also discusses how making waiting environments like bus stops more enjoyable can influence people's perception of waiting time, making the time seem to pass more quickly. The goal of this research is to understand time perception and use design to shape perceptions of time in a way that improves experiences.
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- 1. Sensing time Nick Tyler UniversalComposition Laboratory UCL
- 2. What does oneminute feel like to you?
- 3. How long wouldyou wait? This experiment started in 1927 in the University of Queensland Researchers waited 8-12 years for each drop to fall – now (2014) they have 9 drops
- 4. For about adecade, time passed very slowly Then, for a minute, time passed extremely quickly
- 5. Looking back, thedecades seemed very fast But those final minutes seem to be very long
- 6. We think ofa timeline … About now
- 7. … but thetimeline is just part of a larger cycle … About now
- 8. Long term Short termcycle Past Future Present … and the cycle is just part of another cycle …
- 9. Does time passmore quickly in the past or in the future?
- 10. … past eventshappened more recently and more slowly than they did … future events will happen sooner and more slowly than they will Typically, people think that …
- 11. … but somepeople think the reverse … … and events in the future seem further away in time and faster than they will be
- 12. The rhythm ofevents changes over time Events happening about now are closer together than events in the past or the future
- 13. Long term Short termcycle Past Future Present … so our time-helix …
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- 15. But time isan illusion How do we perceive it? What is its importance?
- 16. Past Future Present Perception of timefor 1 cycle (elapsed time is constant) Perception Current time is perceived to be shorter than distant time
- 17. Past Future Present Importance of timefor 1 cycle (elapsed time is constant) Importance Current time is more important than distant time
- 18. We are doingsomething exciting and important We are going to do something else exciting and important In between, we have to wait for a bus
- 19. “... waiting nowis a chore …” “the bus is not going to come any time soon” … so … “… waiting is a waste of my time …”
- 20. “… so usingthe bus is a real waste of my time …”
- 21. I feel thatmy waiting time is much longer than it really is Overestimated time Elapsed time
- 22. Real-time bus arrivalinformation hopes to reduce this overestimate to equal the actual passage of time
- 23. The effect ofreal-time bus information Overestimated time Elapsed time
- 24. However, people routinely underestimate thetime they have spent doing something they enjoy “time just flew by while I was …”
- 25. Time flies whenyou are enjoying yourself Elapsed time Understimated time
- 26. We need tochange the perception of time spent waiting … … to be something that we can enjoy …
- 27. … so wedesign the bus stop … … to be fun, useful, pleasant, enjoyable to use
- 28. This is UniversalComposition … Multisensorial design in space and time
- 29. The bus stopbecomes something you look forward to using … … and you look back on as being a good experience
- 30. … and wantto do again
- 34. How do yousense time? What will five minutes in the future feel like to you?
- 35. Nick Tyler &Sara Adhitya Universal Composition Laboratory University College London ucl-squared@ucl.ac.uk www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/arg/ucl-squared