Designing for the physical margins of digital workspaces

Karlesky, Michael; Isbister, Katherine

doi:10.1145/2540930.2540978

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“…Participants pointed out interaction with CAMY was a more effective relaxation than other things they could do to take a rest, because it was like simple doodling; therefore, not much drew their attention. Recent research presented empirical evidence relative to our results in that fidgeting interaction showed a positive effect on task efficiency and users' creativity [27].…”

Section: Could Pet-like Behaviors Be Practically Useful?supporting

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2014

Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

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Ubicomp products have become more important in providing emotional experiences as users increasingly assimilate these products into their everyday lives. In this paper, we explored a new design perspective by applying a pet dog analogy to support emotional experience with ubicomp products. We were inspired by pet dogs, which are already intimate companions to humans and serve essential emotional functions in daily live. Our studies involved four phases. First, through our literature review, we articulated the key characteristics of pet dogs that apply to ubicomp products. Secondly, we applied these characteristics to a design case, CAMY, a mixed media PC peripheral with a camera. Like a pet dog, it interacts emotionally with a user. Thirdly, we conducted a user study with CAMY, which showed the effects of pet-like characteristics on users' emotional experiences, specifically on intimacy, sympathy, and delightedness. Finally, we presented other design cases and discussed the implications of utilizing a pet dog analogy to advance ubicomp systems for improved user experiences.

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Section: Could Pet-like Behaviors Be Practically Useful?supporting

confidence: 57%

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2014

Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

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“…It was crafted by covering it with a grey, slightly rough fabric to give it texture and filled with white sand and flour both to make holding and playing with it pleasant and relaxing similarly to a stress ball. Previous studies show how engaging users' interrelated bodily motions with, for example, fiddling properties can enhance focus and calm sensation [23,24,25]. This property was added based on the sketch from the workshop (Figure 4) but also to explore how it would affect the interaction.…”

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Experiential Qualities of Whispering with Voice Assistants

Parviainen

Søndergaard

2020

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We present a Research through Design project that explores how whispering influences the ways people experience and interact with voice assistants. The research project includes a co-speculation workshop and the use of a design probe, which culminated in the production of a design fiction short film. Our design-led inquiry contributes with experiential qualities of whispering with voice assistants: creepiness, trust, and intimacy. Furthermore, we present how whispering opens up new dimensions of how and when voice interaction could be used. We propose that designers of whispering voice assistants should reflect on how they facilitate the experiential qualities of creepiness, trust, and intimacy, and reflect on the potential challenges whispering brings to the relation between a user and a voice assistant.

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“…For example, the Paro robot is a novel object with soft fur, large eyes, and the appearance of a baby animal. Each of these characteristics might plausibly increase positive mood and/or reduce negative mood, anxiety, and physiological arousal (Karlesky & Isbister, 2014;McCarney et al, 2007;Morris, Reddy, & Bunting, 1995). To rule out these and other nonrobotic aspects of the SAR as alternative explanations for the predicted benefits, we included a nonrobotic control group.…”

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The influence of a socially assistive robot on mood, anxiety, and arousal in children.

Crossman

Kazdin

Kitt

2018

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Socially assistive robots (SARs) represent a promising resource for efforts to improve children’s mental health and alleviate suffering on a large scale. However, the effects of SARs on clinically relevant domains are not yet well established. Our goal was therefore to provide a proof-of-concept demonstration of the capacity for SARs to alleviate clinically relevant symptoms in children. Such a demonstration might then serve as the foundation for efforts to establish the role of SARs in mental health care. We examined the influence of interactions with an SAR on mood, anxiety, and arousal in a sample of 87 children between the ages of 6 and 9, following exposure to a stressful task. Participants completed the Trier Social Stress Test for Children before interacting with the SAR, interacting with the SAR turned off, or waiting quietly. Participants completed baseline and posttest measures of state anxiety and mood, and salivary cortisol was collected at 5 time points. Children who interacted with the robot showed greater increases in positive mood than children in either of the two control conditions, but did not differ from control participants in terms of negative mood, anxiety, or arousal. SARs may convey benefits for children’s mental health by augmenting positive mood. Future research should examine the processes through which SARs promote positive emotions and the circumstances under which that effect is most potent. Although preliminary, these findings suggest that SARs may provide a highly efficient way to alleviate clinical symptoms in children by increasing positive mood.

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Designing for the physical margins of digital workspaces

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