Barriers for Domestic Sound Zone Systems: Insights from a Four-Week Field Study

Rune M. Jacobsen; Kasper Fangel Skov; Mikael B. Skov; Jesper Kjeldskov

doi:10.1145/3616195.3616224

Barriers for Domestic Sound Zone Systems: Insights from a Four-Week Field Study

Rune M. Jacobsen, Kasper Fangel Skov, Mikael B. Skov, Jesper Kjeldskov

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Abstract

In the past decade personal listening technologies have been through a proliferation with headphones with novel features and smart speaker systems. A technology expected to be introduced to the public in coming years is sound zone systems, that allow interface-free personal listening for multiple users in the same space without overlap. As with all new technologies, it is difficult to ascertain what barriers may lay before successful user adoption. To that end, we conducted a four-week field study in five households. Through a thematic analysis, we discovered 10 barriers for adoption concerning sound zones grouped into three different aspects; Interaction and use, Current Standards and Practices, and Limitations of sound zone technology. In addition to the barriers, we discuss our work towards current personal listening technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference, AM 2023
Number of pages	8
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publication date	30 Aug 2023
Pages	185-192
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-0818-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3616195.3616224
Publication status	Published - 30 Aug 2023
Event	18th International Audio Mostly Conference, AM 2023 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 30 Aug 2023 → 1 Sept 2023

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Conference	18th International Audio Mostly Conference, AM 2023
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	30/08/2023 → 01/09/2023

Series	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Keywords

sound interaction
sound visualisation
Sound zones
ubiquitous computing
visualisation

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Jacobsen, RM, Skov, KF, Skov, MB & Kjeldskov, J 2023, Barriers for Domestic Sound Zone Systems: Insights from a Four-Week Field Study. in Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference, AM 2023. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 185-192, 18th International Audio Mostly Conference, AM 2023, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 30/08/2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3616195.3616224

Barriers for Domestic Sound Zone Systems: Insights from a Four-Week Field Study. / Jacobsen, Rune M.; Skov, Kasper Fangel; Skov, Mikael B. et al.
Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference, AM 2023. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2023. p. 185-192 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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