Not Every Remix is an Innovation

Voigt, Christian

doi:10.1145/3201064.3201070

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“…The "customizer" on Thingiverse 6 is a popular example of an accessible parametric design configurator [28]. Its use has been studied extensively [2,87,114]-while not impeccable, it, along with product customizers in commerce, is a viable entry point for novices who may not want to engage in prolonged learning processes (e.g., to learn 3D-modeling).…”

Section: Parametric Design Toolsmentioning

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pARam: Leveraging Parametric Design in Extended Reality to Support the Personalization of Artifacts for Personal Fabrication

Stemasov,

Demharter,

Rädler

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Extended Reality (XR) allows in-situ previewing of designs to be manufactured through Personal Fabrication (PF). These in-situ interactions exhibit advantages for PF, like incorporating the environment into the design process. However, design-for-fabrication in XR often happens through either highly complex 3D-modeling or is reduced to rudimentary adaptations of crowd-sourced models. We present pARam, a tool combining parametric designs (PDs) and XR, enabling in-situ configuration of artifacts for PF. In contrast to modeling-or search-focused approaches, pARam supports customization through embodied and practical inputs (e.g., gestures, recommendations) and evaluation (e.g., lighting estimation) without demanding complex 3D-modeling skills. We implemented pARam for HoloLens 2 and evaluated it (𝑛 = 20), comparing XR and desktop conditions. Users succeeded in choosing context-related parameters and took their environment into account for their configuration using pARam. We reflect on the prospects and challenges of PDs in XR to streamline complex design methods for PF while retaining suitable expressivity. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); Mixed / augmented reality; Interaction design.

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pARam: Leveraging Parametric Design in Extended Reality to Support the Personalization of Artifacts for Personal Fabrication

Stemasov,

Demharter,

Rädler

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…When Thingiverse added the Customizer tool, which supported the sharing of metamodels and consequent design-generation, the number of users on the platform rapidly increased [29]. Metamodels can broaden participation in 3D design, but alone may not be enough to facilitate broader participation with 3D printing [16,65].…”

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HowDIY: Towards Meta-Design Tools to Support Anyone to 3D Print Anywhere

Berman

Thakare²,

Howell³

et al. 2021

26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

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The promise of anyone being able to 3D print anywhere relies on both technological advances and incremental shifts in social organizations to trigger changes in human behavior. While much research has focused on how people learn aspects of predefined printing processes, such as expressively utilizing particular design-software (e.g. CAD) and fabrication-machinery (e.g. 3D Printers), this work explores how anyone may gain an understanding of what can be 3D printed through dynamic-processes in computationally-guided exploration of online resources and 3D printing facilities. Investigations surrounding online printing services reveal accessible 3D printing processes that do not require end-users to have experience with design-software or fabrication-machinery, only requiring endusers to specify printable ideas. We present these accessible printing processes alongside associated technologies in a meta-design framework for supporting end-users' specification of 3D printing ideas. Informed by this framework and a series of formative studies, we designed the website HowDIY to introduce anyone to 3D printing by encouraging and facilitating the intelligent exploration of various online resources. HowDIY was deployed over several weeks with diverse newcomers to 3D printing, validating that intelligent user interfaces can support anyone to participate in the utilization and design of 3D printing tools and processes. CCS CONCEPTS• Information systems → Collaborative and social computing systems and tools.

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Hacking the Knowledge of Maker Communities in Support of 21st Century Education

Voigt¹,

Mair²,

Unterfrauner³

2018

Internet Science

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The paper addresses the need to rethink education to be effective in a changing environment. More concretely we look at the intersection of craft-based learning, digital fabrication technologies and schools' capacities to absorb educational innovations. Although making and hacking are known activities within constructionist learning settings, they are not yet widespread at a school level. An explorative study of maker education across European countries has shown that a major impediment to innovations, such as digital fabrication in schools, were the perceived complexity of the process, the technical skills required and the lack of easily accessible resources for getting started or being able to troubleshoot if needed. The aim of this paper is to test the possibilities of referencing existing knowledge embedded in platforms such as instructables.com. Using the available API, we created a network graph of 225,681 instructables authored by 74,824 authors. The potential of that knowledge base is analysed in two steps: first, we describe the available content on the platform in terms of topics, structure and licenses and second, we explore the value of topic networks, as one specific possibility to make platform knowledge more accessible to educators and learners themselves. A first prototype has been implemented and evaluated, showing the importance of discussing the value and limitations of resources external to educational systems, learning by doing, accountability and the right to tinker in technology-embedded teaching.

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Not Every Remix is an Innovation

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

pARam: Leveraging Parametric Design in Extended Reality to Support the Personalization of Artifacts for Personal Fabrication

pARam: Leveraging Parametric Design in Extended Reality to Support the Personalization of Artifacts for Personal Fabrication

HowDIY: Towards Meta-Design Tools to Support Anyone to 3D Print Anywhere

Hacking the Knowledge of Maker Communities in Support of 21st Century Education

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