Socio-ec(h)o: Focus, Listening and Collaboration in the Experience of Ambient Intelligent Environments
Abstract
In this paper, we aim to conceptualize the connection between
embodied interactions and the experience of understanding a
dynamic auditory display response. We have termed this
concept aural fluency and hereby continue previous work
documenting in more detail the listening patterns that emerge in
users’ experiences with ambient intelligent environments. Aural
fluency describes the acquired listening competency and focus
on sonic feedback that users form over time in systems utilizing
responsive ambient audio display and collaborative embodied
interaction. We describe listening positions that characterize the
concept and show the stages of aural fluency. The concept arose
from the design, analysis and evaluation of an embedded
interaction system named socio-ec(h)o – a project upon which
we also build on from previous work in the hopes of
elucidating further the complex experiences of listening
attentions and thus offer insights to the field of auditory
displays.