Sarah Webber

Virtual visits: Reminiscence in residential aged care with digital mapping technologies

Sarah Webber, Steven Baker, Jenny Waycott

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

OBJECTIVE: Digital technologies can support reminiscence and lifestyle enrichment in residential aged care. This study explores po..

An evaluation of interactive projections as digital enrichment for orangutans

Marcus Carter, Sally Sherwen, Sarah Webber

Journal article  |  2021  |  ZOO BIOLOGY

Digital technologies are increasingly being incorporated into the provision of enrichment for captive primates, ranging from the a..

Monitoring the Welfare of Bears in Captivity

C Byrne, S Karl, D Vilker, S Meller, B Thompson, S Webber

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Humans and bears have shared a tenuous relationship, typically to the detriment of bears' welfare. Today, sanctuaries housing resc..

Co-Designing with Orangutans

Sarah Webber, Marcus Carter, Wally Smith, Frank Vetere

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

In creating digital technologies for animals, designers often seek to deploy and adapt human-centred techniques of interaction des..

Virtual reality in the zoo: A qualitative evaluation of a stereoscopic virtual reality video encounter with little penguins Eudyptula minor

Marcus Carter, Sarah Webber, Simon Rawson, Wally Smith, Joe Purdam, Emily M McLeod

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Encounters between animals and humans in zoos and aquariums are being increasingly enhanced, mediated and extended using digital t..

Digital technologies and encounters with zoo animals

Sarah Ellen Webber

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2019

Zoos worldwide are beginning to deploy digital technologies for both visitors and animals. Such installations include interactive ..

Interactive technology and human-animal encounters at the zoo

Sarah Webber, Marcus Carter, Wally Smith, Frank Vetere

Journal article  |  2017  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER STUDIES

In this paper we investigate social dimensions of technology use in human–animal interactions, through a study of interactive syst..

Kinecting with Orangutans: Zoo Visitors' Empathetic Responses to Animals' Use of Interactive Technology

Sarah Webber, Marcus Carter, Sally Sherwen, Wally Smith, Zaher Joukhadar, Frank Vetere

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 ACM SIGCHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS (CHI'17)

Animal conservation organisations occasionally harness depictions of animals using digital technology to inspire interest in, and ..

Trajectories of Engagement and Disengagement with a Story-Based Smoking Cessation App

W Smith, B Ploderer, G Wadley, S Webber, R Borland

Conference Proceedings  |  2017

Strong user engagement with digital technologies for behaviour change is often taken as a precursor to their longer-term efficacy...

Don't Cut to the Chase: Hunting Experiences for Zoo Animals and Visitors

Fiona French, Mark Kingston-Jones, David T Schaller, Sarah Ellen Webber, Heli Vaataja, Mark Campbell

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANIMAL-COMPUTER INTERACTION, ACI 2016

This workshop explores different ways to use technology to facilitate hunting behaviour enrichment for zoo-housed animals and para..