J. Chung, Xiyu Jenny Fu, Zachary Deocadiz-Smith, Malte F. Jung, Jeffson Huang
{"title":"Negotiating Dyadic Interactions through the Lens of Augmented Reality Glasses","authors":"J. Chung, Xiyu Jenny Fu, Zachary Deocadiz-Smith, Malte F. Jung, Jeffson Huang","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3595967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595967","url":null,"abstract":"Augmented Reality (AR) glasses separate dyadic interactions on different sides of the lens, where the person wearing the glasses (primary user) sees an AR world overlaid on their partner (secondary actor). The secondary actor interacts with the primary user understanding they are seeing both physical and virtual worlds. We use grounded theory to study interaction tasks, participatory design sessions, and in-depth interviews of 10 participants and explore how AR real-time modifications affect them. We observe a power imbalance attributed to the: (1) lack of transparency of the primary user’s view, (2) violation of agency over self-presentation, and (3) discreet recording capabilities of AR glasses. This information asymmetry leads to a negotiation of behaviors to reach a silently understood equilibrium. This paper addresses underlying design issues that contribute to power imbalances in dyadic interactions and offers nuanced insights into the dynamics between primary users and secondary actors.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130752017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mindful Moments: Exploring On-the-go Mindfulness Practice On Smart-glasses","authors":"Felicia Fang-Yi Tan, Ashwin Ram, Chloe Haigh, Shengdong Zhao","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3596030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596030","url":null,"abstract":"Mindfulness technologies have gained research interest in recent years. We explore the use of smart-glasses (Optical Head Mounted Displays or OHMDs) for breath-based mindfulness practice as a well-being technology for everyday users. Since OHMDs do not occlude the wearer’s view, practitioners can access the digital environment while performing daily activities. Through our pilot series, we identified suitable visual and auditory attributes for OHMD mindfulness sessions in casual walking settings, and combined user-preferred features into our proposed Mindful Moments design. Results on physiological, sustained attention and self-reported mindfulness measures suggest that Mindful Moments facilitates higher state mindfulness than the Control. Its results proved comparable to the state-of-the-art Walking Meditation, while also being more accessible, convenient, and easy for novice practitioners to implement in everyday environments. We further evaluate Mindful Moments in a realistic setting, enhancing current understanding of mindfulness practice on OHMDs, thereby contributing a technique for improved health and well-being.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130923522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joonha Park, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Deepika Yadav, X. Huang, Rebeca Blanco Cardozo, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Airi Lampinen, Madeline Balaam
{"title":"Ambivalences in Digital Contraception: Designing for Mixed Feelings and Oscillating Relations","authors":"Joonha Park, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Deepika Yadav, X. Huang, Rebeca Blanco Cardozo, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Airi Lampinen, Madeline Balaam","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3596062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596062","url":null,"abstract":"The ‘intimate horizons’ of algorithmic, self-tracking technologies have become increasingly important. These applications are no longer perceived as distant, instrumental entities, but offer a more affective and intimate experience. In this paper, we address the long-term experience of living with a digital contraception technology that utilizes self-tracking. We draw upon four design workshops with a total of 14 users of the app Natural Cycles to illustrate moments of ambivalent affects and oscillating relations. Based on our analysis, we concretize four dimensions of ambivalence in different scales and temporalities. We propose three strategies of designing with these unavoidable disruptions, conflicting feelings, and shifting relations to acknowledge users’ agentic engagements, nuanced dynamics of intimate self-tracking experiences, and users as embodied and affective beings. We contend that by attending to these existential ambivalences, digital contraceptive can become better configured to plural modes of life and long-term intimate relations that they engender.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124267363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Think-aloud Method with Deaf and Hard of Hearing College Students","authors":"Si Chen, Desirée Kirst, Qi Wang, Yun Huang","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3595980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595980","url":null,"abstract":"The think-aloud protocol is an effective method frequently used by designers and researchers to understand how users interact with computing systems. However, there is limited research on the use of this method with deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) populations, especially in virtual settings. In this paper, we investigate the behaviors of DHH participants in virtual think-aloud sessions to better understand the challenges of conducting this type of research with this population. We conducted twelve virtual think-aloud sessions with DHH participants using Zoom, and we gathered feedback from surveys, interviews, and observations. Our results identified DHH behaviors leading to a lack of clarity in think-aloud data, such as asynchrony between signing and navigating the interfaces, as well as the use of visual descriptive signs instead of explicit terminology to ambiguously refer to interface components. Based on our findings, we provide methodological and design implications to help researchers effectively carry out virtual think-aloud studies with DHH participants (e.g., when and how to prompt for clarification).","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114600512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Extended Mind-Wandering Through an Interactive Haptic Fidget Object","authors":"John Anders Eichenlaub, Gijs Huisman, Haian Xue","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3596084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596084","url":null,"abstract":"Mind-wandering (MW) and fidgeting are both present as pervasive phenomena in everyday life and can positively impact ideation. Importantly, within the MW experience, MW can manifest in bodily behaviors such as physical fidgeting. Here, we use an extended mind framework to consider fidgeting as a case of extended MW, where (part of) a MW episode is mediated by a fidget object. We position extended MW, fidgeting, and cognition as interrelated processes. We present the design of an interactive haptic fidget object that aims to support introspective self-awareness in MW and aid in idea synthesis. We discuss the results of an exploratory user evaluation in which the fidget object was used by designers during a personally relevant work session combining research, synthesis, and creativity. We close this paper by discussing the initial findings of our research, the implications for extended MW, and additional propositions for future research directions.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117007669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Participatory Design and Power in Misinformation, Disinformation, and Online Hate Research","authors":"Joseph S. Schafer, Kate Starbird, D. Rosner","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3596119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596119","url":null,"abstract":"As a research tradition, participatory design (PD) tends to focus on power dynamics where researchers hold greater power than participants. This paper uses design fiction to consider what this tendency overlooks by examining settings where participants may exist in multiple power relationships simultaneously implicated by the research, specifically focusing on the contexts of misinformation, disinformation, and online hate (M/D/OH). Drawing from existing literature in M/D/OH, we present a series of imaginary method abstracts that prompt questions for researchers to reflect on as they adapt PD techniques for new, different contexts. We highlight three value tensions—authenticity, reciprocity, and impact—integral to sustaining a concern for responsibility in PD scholarship. We end with reflections and potential considerations for responsibly applying PD and design fiction methods in M/D/OH settings.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117060703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are Two Heads Better than One? Investigating Remote Sighted Assistance with Paired Volunteers","authors":"Jingyi Xie, Rui Yu, Kaiming Cui, Sooyeon Lee, John Millar Carroll, Syed Masum Billah","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3596019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596019","url":null,"abstract":"Remote Sighted Assistance (RSA) is a popular smartphone-mediated aid for people with blindness, where a sighted individual converses with a blind individual in a one-on-one (1:1) session. Since sighted assistants outnumber blind individuals (13:1), this paper investigates what happens when more than one sighted individual assists a single blind individual in a session. Specifically, we propose paired-volunteer RSA, a new paradigm where two sighted volunteers assist a single user with blindness. We investigate the feasibility, desirability, and challenges of this paradigm and explore its opportunities. Our study with 8 sighted volunteers and 9 blind users reveals that the proposed paradigm extends the one-on-one RSA to cover a broader range of more intellectual and experiential tasks, providing new and distinctive opportunities in supporting complex, open-ended tasks (e.g., pursuing hobbies, appreciating arts, and seeking entertainment). These opportunities can not only enrich the blind users’ quality of life and independence but also offer a fun and engaging experience for the sighted volunteers. The study also reveals the costs of extended collaboration in this paradigm. Finally, we synthesize a taxonomy of tasks where the proposed RSA paradigm can succeed and outline how HCI researchers and system designers can realize this paradigm.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128428326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nadia Campo Woytuk, Joonha Park, J. Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam
{"title":"Tactful Feminist Sensing: Designing for Touching Vaginal Fluids","authors":"Nadia Campo Woytuk, Joonha Park, J. Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3595966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595966","url":null,"abstract":"Observing the texture, color, and conductivity of cervical mucus has the potential to support menstrual cycle and fertility tracking, generating a layer of rich bodily, tactile/haptic knowledge in addition to other collected data, such as cycle length or body temperature. This pictorial presents design explorations, four design concepts, and one prototype of a sensor for measuring the conductivity of cervical mucus in vaginal fluids. We present these as instances in the design space for sensing intimate bodily fluids and provide discussions on the proximities, visibilities, and temporalities of these sensing technologies. We offer the unfolding concept of “tactful feminist sensing”, opening up for further engagements with intimate care that attend to the multiplicity and fleshiness of bodies.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130632541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arthur Caetano, Alyssa P. Lawson, Yimeng Liu, Misha Sra
{"title":"ARLang: An Outdoor Augmented Reality Application for Portuguese Vocabulary Learning","authors":"Arthur Caetano, Alyssa P. Lawson, Yimeng Liu, Misha Sra","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3596090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596090","url":null,"abstract":"With recent computer vision techniques and user-generated content, we can augment the physical world with metadata that describes attributes, such as names, geo-locations, and visual features of physical objects. To assess the benefits of these potentially ubiquitous labels for foreign vocabulary learning, we built a proof-of-concept system that displays bilingual text and sound labels on physical objects outdoors using augmented reality. Established tools for language learning have focused on effective content delivery methods such as books and flashcards. However, recent research and consumer learning tools have begun to focus on how learning can become more mobile, ubiquitous, and desirable. To test whether our system supports vocabulary learning, we conducted a preliminary between-subjects (N=44) study. Our results indicate that participants preferred learning with virtual labels on real-world objects outdoors over learning with flashcards. Our findings motivate further investigation into mobile AR-based learning systems in outdoor settings.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130949792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca Gibson, C. Babbage, H. Wagner, Dominic Price, S. Martindale, N. Chadborn, Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger, Dimitrios Paris Darzentas, Helena Webb, Rachel Jacobs, A. Atabey, B. Koleva, Martin Flintham, H. Winklhofer, Lachlan D. Urquhart, Elvira Perez Vallejos
{"title":"“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories","authors":"Rebecca Gibson, C. Babbage, H. Wagner, Dominic Price, S. Martindale, N. Chadborn, Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger, Dimitrios Paris Darzentas, Helena Webb, Rachel Jacobs, A. Atabey, B. Koleva, Martin Flintham, H. Winklhofer, Lachlan D. Urquhart, Elvira Perez Vallejos","doi":"10.1145/3563657.3595962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595962","url":null,"abstract":"We present the design of the Memory Machine (MeMa), a technology probe that can store, contextualise, and document media to represent memories. We accumulate vast physical and digital possessions throughout our lives, making it difficult to distinguish value in amassed images, albums, videos, mementos, and music. One option we wanted to explore via MeMa was to frame personal memories as a gift, in turn providing a way to revisit, share, and collate personal archives. We deployed MeMa into participants’ homes and tasked them to create a digital gift involving an autobiographical memory. Through qualitative methods we uncovered the experience of twelve gift-givers. We found that the framing as a gift brought meaning to a collection of media, promoting reflection and emotional reminiscence in participants. Our contributions include design implications involving the relationship between emotions, technology, and gifting.","PeriodicalId":259076,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122986520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}