@article{4377,
  abstract     = {{Within the last years the concept of trust has attracted increased attention in the field of smart home environments. However, little is known about what determines trustworthiness in this context. For this reason the objective was to examine mental models in terms of anthropomorphic perception of smart home environments and its relation to trustworthiness. Two studies (N=36) were carried out in the Future Care Lab, a simulated intelligent home environment. We used the teach-back method to help participants to talk about the smart home environment technology and asked to generate a metaphor of an experienced home-monitoring scenario. Finally, we applied linguistic analysis of responses to detect anthropomorphic characteristics. In general, results demonstrate inspiring metaphors related to the personal assistance system, e.g. "like an airbag…" or "like a family member…", which might be useful for future interface designs and approaches of communication in the context of smart home environments. However, no relation of anthropomorphism and trustworthiness could be found. Therefore, we suggest an anthropomorphic threshold, which should be investigated by using an improved method and trust scale.}},
  author       = {{Sack, Oliver and Röcker, Carsten}},
  issn         = {{2368-6103}},
  journal      = {{International Journal of Virtual Worlds and Human Computer Interaction}},
  keywords     = {{Smart environment, e-health, user study, mental model, anthropomorphism, metaphor, technology acceptance, trust, evaluation}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{28 -- 36}},
  publisher    = {{ Avestia Publishing, International ASET Inc. }},
  title        = {{{“Like a Family Member Who Takes Care of Me” – Users’ Anthropomorphic Representations and Trustworthiness of Smart Home Environments}}},
  doi          = {{10.11159/vwhci.2014.004}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}

@inbook{4774,
  abstract     = {{The manifolds of spaces and places we are entering, populating, transiently crossing and eventually leaving (only to immerse in another subsequent context) as part of our daily activities in our personal, public and professional lives are undergoing a dramatic change. Although this change is taking place we are aware of it only in a limited fashion due to its unobtrusive character as illustrated in the statement by Streitz and Nixon (2005): “It seems like a paradox but it will soon become reality: The rate at which computers disappear will be matched by the rate at which information technology will increasingly permeate our environment and our lives”.}},
  author       = {{Streitz, Norbert and Prante, Thorsten and Röcker, Carsten and van Alphen, Daniel and Stenzel, Richard and Magerkurth, Carsten and Lahlou, Saadi and Nosulenko, Valery and Jegou, Francois and Sonder, Frank and Plewe, Daniela}},
  booktitle    = {{The Disappearing Computer : Interaction Design, System Infrastructures and Applications for Smart Environments}},
  editor       = {{Streitz, Norbert  and Kameas, Achilles  and Mavrommati, Irene}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-540-72725-5}},
  keywords     = {{Informal Communication, Local Mobility, Computer Support Cooperative Work, Smart Environment, Smart Space}},
  pages        = {{3--29}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  title        = {{{Smart Artefacts as Affordances for Awareness in Distributed Teams}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-540-72727-9_1}},
  volume       = {{4500}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}