Predicting Human Interruptibility with Sensors A Wizard of Oz.pdfVIP

Predicting Human Interruptibility with Sensors: A Wizard of Oz Feasibility Study † † †* † Scott E. Hudson , James Fogarty , Christopher G. Atkeson , Daniel Avrahami , Jodi Forlizzi†+ † † † , Sara Kiesler , Johnny C. Lee , and Jie Yang † + HCI Institute , Robotics Institute*, and School of Design Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA {scott.hudson, jfogarty, cga, nx6, forlizzi, kiesler, johnny, jie_yang}@ ABSTRACT Unfortunately, computer and communications systems A person seeking someone else’s attention is normally able cannot currently act in a similar fashion – they are almost to quickly assess how interruptible they are. This entirely oblivious to the human context in which they assessment allows for behavior we perceive as natural, operate and cannot assess whether “now is a bad time.” As socially appropriate, or simply polite. On the other hand, a result, they operate the same way in essentially all today’s computer systems are almost entirely oblivious to situations, and do not act in ways that remain appropriate to the human world they operate in, and typically have no way the situation. If left