WiP Poster

Checking in into locations has become common due to the rise of social networks such as Facebook and Foursquare. By adding gamification elements these platforms incentivize users to check-in in great numbers. Further, this function is used to create a personal history of places or a bookmark list for special locations. In this work, we investigate check-in possibilities in the museum context, where users can create such lists for exhibits. To communicate the check-in function to visitors, we develop three different concepts taking into account both the visitor's smartphone and a proprietary device in form of a wristband. We prototypically develop these concepts and explore the physical affordance of each in an initial lab study with 13 participants.