Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experiences (SAME 2016): Smart Cities for Better Living with HCI and UX (SEACHI), International Series on Information Systems and Management in Creative eMedia (CreMedia)

TL;DR

This paper discusses the integration of digital, interactive, and immersive technologies in urban environments to enhance human experiences and support smart city initiatives, emphasizing ambient media's role in everyday life.

Contribution

It presents the proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experiences, highlighting recent research on ambient media, smart cities, and HCI/UX innovations in urban contexts.

Findings

Growing adoption of ambient media in urban environments

Enhanced user experiences through immersive and context-aware technologies

Open access publication of workshop papers and extended versions

Abstract

Digital and interactive technologies are becoming increasingly embedded in everyday lives of people around the world. Application of technologies such as real-time, context-aware, and interactive technologies; augmented and immersive realities; social media; and location-based services has been particularly evident in urban environments where technological and sociocultural infrastructures enable easier deployment and adoption as compared to non-urban areas. There has been growing consumer demand for new forms of experiences and services enabled through these emerging technologies. We call this ambient media, as the media is embedded in the natural human living environment. The 8th Semantic Ambient Media Workshop Experience (SAME) Proceedings where based on a collaboration between the SEACHI Workshop Smart Cities for Better Living with HCI and UX, which has been organized by UX Indonesia and was held in conjunction with Computers and Human-Computer Interaction (CHI) 2016 in San Jose, CA USA. The extended versions of the workshop papers are freely available through www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Journal under open access by the International Ambient Media Association (iAMEA). iAMEA is hosting the international open access journal entitled "International Journal on Information Systems and Management in Creative eMedia", and the international open access series "International Series on Information Systems and Management in Creative eMedia" (see http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org).