Exploring Interaction Strategies in the Context of Sleep

Abstract

This paper highlights opportunities and considerations when developing interaction techniques in the relatively unexplored area of sleep. We do this by first describing the sociological aspects of sleep such as the need for scheduling and coordinating sleep within a collective, followed by a description of the physiological aspects such as the circadian rhythm and sleep stages. We then examine how some external factors like the location of sleep and family settings can affect sleep to highlight potential design opportunities. We finish the paper by describing five distinct themes such as scheduling for a collective, supporting sleep transitions and feigning and inhibiting sleep around which design opportunities are explored. The main contribution of this paper is a discussion on the phenomenon of sleep and its position in the social life to provide a rich understanding of sleep and a set of opportunities for interaction design research around sleep.

Digital media use in the 2 h before bedtime is associated with sleep variables in university students

“…Two recent review papers in human–computer interaction (HCI) point to the importance of understanding digital media use related to sleep, especially in an environment of ubiquitous computing (Aliakseyeu, Du, Zwartkruis-Pelgrim, & Subramanian, 2011; Choe, Consolvo, Watson, & Kientz, 2011). HCI empirical studies do not capture sleep as a named variable, but are moving toward the intersection of digital media and sleep.…”

Development of an EOG-Based Automatic Sleep-Monitoring Eye Mask

“…Besides, television (TV) is seen as a cause of disrupted sleep [39], [40]. However, TV may help those who fear for sleeping alone or who need to be buffered from outside noise [41], [42]. An adaptive system that is similar to the one we propose could adjust the brightness and contrast of TV screens to help users fall asleep and then to shut off the TV automatically.…”

Validating a mobile phone application for the everyday, unobtrusive, objective measurement of sleep

“…In work related to that of Choe et al [11], Aliakseyeu et al [1] highlight interaction design opportunities around sleep. They draw attention to the use of typical bedroom technology such as TV systems and services in light of sociological issues surrounding sleep.…”