What can doodles on the arm teach us about on-body interaction?

TY - GEN

T1 - What can doodles on the arm teach us about on-body interaction?

AU - Strohmeier, Paul

AU - Carrascal, Juan Pablo

AU - Hornbæk, Kasper

N1 - Conference code: 34

PY - 2016/5/7

Y1 - 2016/5/7

N2 - The use of the skin as interaction surface is gaining popularity in the HCI community. To offer an alternative perspective on how we might design on-body interactions, we conducted a questionnaire asking if, how, and why people mark their skin. We found that visibility and ease of access were important factors for choosing to mark the body. We also found that while some participants consider marking the body as a private activity, most participants perceive such markings as a public display. This tension between the personal nature of on-body interaction and the skin as a public display, as well as hedonic uses of body markings, present interesting design challenges.

AB - The use of the skin as interaction surface is gaining popularity in the HCI community. To offer an alternative perspective on how we might design on-body interactions, we conducted a questionnaire asking if, how, and why people mark their skin. We found that visibility and ease of access were important factors for choosing to mark the body. We also found that while some participants consider marking the body as a private activity, most participants perceive such markings as a public display. This tension between the personal nature of on-body interaction and the skin as a public display, as well as hedonic uses of body markings, present interesting design challenges.

U2 - 10.1145/2851581.2892544

DO - 10.1145/2851581.2892544

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 978-1-4503-4082-3

SP - 2726

EP - 2735

BT - Extended abstracts - the 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

T2 - 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Y2 - 7 May 2016 through 12 May 2016

ER -