The whole world in the palm of your hand…

1. The whole world in the palm of your hand… Daniel A. Smith Alisdair Owens Alistair Russell Max Wilson

2. Problem: Boundaries between us and… • Information

3. Problem: Boundaries between us and… • Information • Technology

4. Problem: Boundaries between us and… • Information • Technology • People

5. Problem: Boundaries between us and… • Information • Technology • People • Time

6. Problem: Boundaries between us and… • Information • Technology • People • Time • Space

7. Can we break down the barrier of… • Technology

8. [movie here?] does Dissolving boundaries between space, time, people, information and technology

9. Mspace overview video • mSpace brings info together from diverse sources • Lets one explore relationships btwn them • And brings • Services together, like GPS, ratings, buddy services, information, ordering • in one controllable UI • For instance, imagine a day in London… Mspace mobile video

10. Dissolving Boundries between us and Space • Key features: • Innovative multicontext interface (mspace) • GPS map integration with current location • Web Service search

11. Dissolving Boundaries between Us and Information

12. Key features: Web Service integration of info services Ordering tickets on-line and on-device Open integration with third-parties Dissolving Boundaries btwn Us and Technology

13. Dissolving Boundaries btwn Us and Time • Have I been here before? • Where will I go later • How do people with similar views to mine rate these places? • Should I have been here before?

14. Dissolving Boundaries Between People • Key feature: • Web Services for Buddy Ratings • Innovation: • Lightweight interactions with buddies that get stored and reused [picture of ratings in ui]

15. Mspace mobile: dissolving boundaries Picture of pda • Boundaries - • physically - can’t see or don’t know • Intellectually - aren’t experts in everything • Temporal - where was I? where might I go? • Personally - communication, sharing. • Technologies - different web sites, gps,….

16. Motivation: to dissolve boundaries • We developed the mSpace framework (to do what???) (a) to improve access to information and (b) let us explore relationships across distributed sources. For instance • We added new dimensions: location sensitivity and mobility to explore info in the real world - dissolve boundaries [video] Multiple sources

17. Architecture • Web Services: MK, MQ and Buddy Service

18. Innovative Technologies: Semantic Web • Next generation languages for the Web to encode ‘meaning’ that machines can decipher

19. Web-Scale Data • Reuse of Wikis, Open Source Data, Blogs, Creative Commons

20. Generalisability • mSpace mobile is based upon ideas found in the existing mSpace framework • The web services are designed to be reused for a wide variety of purposes • Many different applications can be created that use them in different ways • Data within the web services does not have to be changed to facilitate this

21. Web Scale Data: generalise • Data can be sourced from any RDF collection, such as: • Internet Movie Database

22. Generalisability • Data can be sourced from any RDF collection, such as: • Places in London [placeholder]

23. Web Scale Data • Data can be sourced from any RDF collection, such as: • Classical Music

24. Innovative Technologies: GPS • Location-awareness for mobile devices

25. Innovative Technologies • Displaying information on small screens • Innovative use of compact framework [Animated gif of the interface]

26. Web Services • We created three .NET services using C#. • mSpace Query Service • Enables links between Knowledge Services. • Allows for community trust bases. • mSpace Knowledge Service • Forms queries and communicates with triple stores. • Uses the garnered information to provide content to requesting mSpace Applications. • mSpace Buddy Service • Stores information about what you or your buddies like and dislike

27. Challenges • Mobile Application challenges [Animation Pre-hack] [Animation Post-hack]

28. Challenges Query formation: • Data access to 3Store using a minimal number of queries to facilitate performance

29. mSpace Mobile dissolves boundaries by providing • In context views of information • Light weight recommendation sharing, yes. • Easy visualization of whether or not you have been somewhere and what you thought of it. • Multiple views (concert time, historical info about site; • other info about what's on display etc) on a single thing via the mspace. • Mobile device on the go.

30. Future Development • Integrate buddy service with MSN Messenger • Multiple item selections within columns • Improved multiple knowledge base linking [examples] • The Past: have I been here before? [multi-column mockup]

31. Future Development • Preview cues, improve access

32. Future Development • mSpace is extensible • Integration with other services • Urban Tapestries • FilmTrust

33. Business Strategies [this preview cue In Mspace] • Sponsored in-list and on-map venue advertising • Sponsored preview cues • Sponsored information box entries • Consultancy services • Data Gathering • Knowledge Services Set-up • Event services [more info e.g. get into about displays, go to websites, opinions about products]

34. Questions? Dissolving Boundaries • Physically • Intellectually • Temporal • Personally • Technologies [loop movie] Thank you - Microsoft - Especially to Andy Sterland for his support