Is my phone alive?: a large-scale study of shape change in handheld devices using videos

Esben Warming Pedersen; Sriram Subramanian; Kasper Hornbæk

doi:10.1145/2556288.2557018

Is my phone alive? a large-scale study of shape change in handheld devices using videos

Esben Warming Pedersen, Sriram Subramanian, Kasper Hornbæk

Datalogisk Institut

27 Citationer (Scopus)

Abstract

Shape-changing handheld devices are emerging as research prototypes, but it is unclear how users perceive them and which experiences they engender. The little data we have on user experience is from single prototypes, only covering a small part of the possibilities in shape change. We produce 51 videos of a shape-changing handheld device by systematically varying seven parameters of shape change. In a crowd-sourced study, 187 participants watched the videos and described their experiences using rating scales and free text. We find significant and large differences among parameters of shape change. Shapes that have previously been used for notifications were rated the least urgent; the degree of shape change was found to impact experience more than type of shape change. The experience of shape change was surprisingly complex: Hedonic quality were inversely related to urgency, and some shapes were perceived as ugly, yet useful. We discuss how to advance models of shape change and improve research on the experience of shape change.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Antal sider	10
Forlag	Association for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato	2014
Sider	2579-2588
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-1-4503-2473-1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557018
Status	Udgivet - 2014
Begivenhed	SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014 - Toronto, Canada Varighed: 26 apr. 2014 → 1 maj 2014

Konference

Konference	SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014
Land/Område	Canada
By	Toronto
Periode	26/04/2014 → 01/05/2014

Emneord

actuated interfaces, organic user interfaces, shape displays, shape-changing interfaces

Adgang til dokumentet

10.1145/2556288.2557018

Citationsformater

Is my phone alive? a large-scale study of shape change in handheld devices using videos. / Pedersen, Esben Warming; Subramanian, Sriram; Hornbæk, Kasper.

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. s. 2579-2588.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

Pedersen, EW, Subramanian, S & Hornbæk, K 2014, Is my phone alive? a large-scale study of shape change in handheld devices using videos. i Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, s. 2579-2588, SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014, Toronto, Canada, 26/04/2014. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557018

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