Space and Place - setting the stage for social interaction

This paper presents parts of a design framework for collaboratively used tangible interaction systems, focusing on the theme of Embodied Facilitation. Systems can be interpreted as spaces/structures to act and move in, facilitating some movements and hindering others. Thus they shape the ways we collaborate, induce collaboration or make us refrain from it. Tangible interaction systems provide virtual and physical structure - they truly embody facilitation. Three concepts further refine the theme: Embodied Constraints, Multiple Access Points and Tailored Representations. These are broken down into design guidelines and each illustrated with examples.

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Our current understanding of human interaction with hybrid or augmented environments is very limited. Here we focus on ‘tangible interaction’, denoting systems that rely on embodied interaction, tangible manipulation, physical representation of data, and embeddedness in real space. This synthesis of prior ‘tangible’ definitions enables us to address a larger design space and to integrate approaches from different disciplines. We introduce a framework that focuses on the interweaving of the material/physical and the social, contributes to understanding the (social) user experience of tangible interaction, and provides concepts and perspectives for considering the social aspects of tangible interaction. This understanding lays the ground for evolving knowledge on collaboration-sensitive tangible interaction design. Lastly, we analyze three case studies, using the framework, thereby illustrating the concepts and demonstrating their utility as analytical tools.

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Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems - CHI '06, 2006

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First Steps in Physicality

21 Physicality in Tangible Interaction: Bodies and the World Eva Hornecker Interact Lab, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN19PF, UK eva@ ehornecker. de ABSTRACT What is the role of physicality in the type of interfaces and/or interaction styles that is being referred to as ' ...

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The Workshop Call for Participation

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Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2010

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ABSTRACT Social and physical interactions are embedded in settings which are not only material but also social, cultural and historical, and studies of use require a focus on the social construction of meaning [0].

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Spaces, Spatiality and Technology, 2005

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Foundations and Trends in HCI, Now Publishers. , 2009

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The Workshop Call for …, 2011

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