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Poster Viewer
- This user will have no necessary background. The only required piece of hardware is a smart phone capable of scanning QR codesneed to have a smart phone, an existing QR code application, and the knowledge that QR codes can be scanned with a QR application . The user will open an existing application to scan the QR code and the rest is autonomous. The user can be lazy, busy, and indecisivethen be brought to our website. The user can then add the event to their calendar by downloading an .ics file or inputting their Google Calendar password.
- The purpose of the application from a user perspective is to quickly and automatically perform the tasks of setting reminders and RSVPing for events. User interviews showed that upon viewing posters for events they found interesting, they went through the process of using their smartphone to enter a calendar entry with information such as date, time and event name. In addition events that require RSVP would require further action by the poster viewer, often in the form of sending an email to the event host. This whole process can take 30 seconds to a minute and also also requires users to remain in front of the poster as they write down any information they wish to remember. The application can greatly streamline this process for the user, instantaneously making all the information about the event available to them on their phone and calendar without the user having to do any tedious manual entry. The user would then be able to continue down the hallway, while completing remaining steps. The ability to easily and automatically RSVP for events also reduces the burden on the poster viewer and makes it more likely that they will indeed RSVP.
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- The people viewing RSVPs might have received formal instruction in the system, but they probably have not. Since the users might not have been the ones who initially created the barcodeQR code, we can not rely on the learning from the other part of the system.
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