Second Workshop on Full-Body and Multisensory Experience

Abstract

This workshop aims at discussing the rich possibilities that the body offers to experience the external world and the prospects that arise for interaction designers when these often-neglected abilities are taken into account. In particular, the workshop will focus on the rediscovery of the five senses, either alone or in a multimodal combination, and of the perceptual-motor abilities of our body. The one-day workshop is divided in two steps: first, participants will have the possibility to briefly present and discuss with the other attendees their research. Workshop candidates are requested to send a position paper, including a short biography and detailing their research interests and background. Second, participants will have the possibilities to explore and rediscover their sensorimotor abilities through several exercises and games abilities using a critical design approach. Interdisciplinary groups will be challenged to design and develop new interaction experience concepts using our natural 'tools' as prototyping tools.