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Urban Sensing Research PresentationBlake Lamond
September 4th 2009
Interface Design in Ubiquitous Computing
Selected Academic Papers & Projects
How bodies matter: five themes for interaction design, 2006Scott R. Klemmer, Stanford University, USABjörn Hartmann, Stanford University, USALeila Takayama, Stanford University, USA(ACM Digital Library, 21 citations)
A taxonomy for and analysis of tangible interfaces, 2004Kenneth P. Fishkin, Intel Research, Seattle, USA(ACM Digital Library, 35 citations)
Minimalism in ubiquitous interface design, 2004Christopher R. Wren, Mistubishi Electric Research LaboratoriesCarson J. Reynolds, MIT Media Laboratory(ACM Digital Library, 2 citations)
Ubiquitous Memories: Wearable Interface for Computational Augmentation of Human Memory based on Real World Objects, 2007Tatsuyuki Kawamura, Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyTomohiro Fukuhara, Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyHideaki Takeda, National Institute of InformaticsYasuyaki Kono, Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyMasatsugu Kidode. Nara Institute of Science and Technology(ACM Digital Library, 2 citations)
Thinking through doing
“ Physical interaction facilitates cognitive development.”
“ Reflective practice, the framing and evaluation of a design challenge by working it through, rather than just thinking it through”
“...makes visible the most relevant constraints implicit in the problem...”
Themes for interface design
Performance
“People perceive that artifact as an extension of themselves; they act through it rather than on it”
“developing kinesthetic memory”
“...never forgetting how to ride a bike...”
Themes for interface design
Visibility
“aids coordination, demonstrates processes and user skill”
Themes for interface design
Risk
“One may better design for embodied interaction by designing the experience of risk in interactive systems to alter the emotional experience of users.”
Themes for interface design
Thickness of practice
“New interfaces must embrace and extend existing real-world processes.”
Themes for interface design
Embodiment
“perceived spatial relationship between user input and output device”
Analysing tangible interfaces
Full
iPhone, Multi-touch
displays
Nearby
Light pen, Desktop
computers
Environmental
Interactive installations
Distant
TV remote controls
increasing levels of cognitive distance
Physical Metaphor
- abstraction of real world objects and data into icons and objects
- importance of cultural differences
Analysing tangible interfaces
Object as noun
Object as verb
Object as reconfigurable
tool
Object as an attribute
Object as pure object
Containers, tools and tokens
Analysing tangible interfaces
Containers
Objects used to move info between devices and
platforms
Tools
Things which actively manipulate digital
information
Tokens
Objects which physically resemble the information
they represent
Minimalism in ubiquitous computing interfaces
Minimalism in ubiquitous computing interfaces
Ubiquitous Memories
• Are there any frameworks or criteria for selecting existing processes that would benefit from a tangible interface?
• What are the disadvantages of tangible interfaces? When are they unsuitable?
• What are the important differences when designing and analysing interfaces for multiple users?
• How important are users’ ages and levels of previous technological experience?
• Have any surveys or studies been conducted to discover any preferred types of tangible interfaces?
• What is the role of the materials used for tangible interfaces? (e.g. cost, accessibility, durability)
Further questions about tangible interfaces