Exploring Tangible Interactions for Capturing Self Photographs

Abstract

Self-Photography better known as 'selfies' have become a trend due to incoming of Social Networking sites like Facebook, twitter, Instagram etc. Selfies are a cumbersome task to handle because of difficulty in setting the correct frame and triggering the capture. In our research work, we explored different actions and the tangible interactions to trigger the actions for capturing the photograph. We also explored different scenarios for taking selfies. We argue that the tangible interactions which we identified not only provided a better way for taking selfies but also provided playful actions for taking photographs.