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Interactive technologies such as smartwatches have been increasingly used to track physical activity. However, they often reduce physical activity to numerical outputs, missing the opportunity to enhance the user’s perception of, and hence, deepen their ...

Wearable and mobile technologies hold the promise to be used 'on the move' as they are portable. It is common to listen to music during a run, track steps during the day, and have phone calls on the go. More advanced systems support, for example, ...

The heightened emphasis on a healthy and sustainable lifestyle has led to a surge in the popularity of cycling and an increased interest in integrating emerging technologies into the cycling experience. Despite its promising potential and the ...

The rise of movement-based design (MBD) is fueled by the integration of computer technology into the movement of the everyday. Departing from traditional interface design, MBD prioritizes natural interaction, SportsHCI, and health promotion through ...

Traditional games like "Tag" rely on shared control via inter-body interactions (IBIs) – touching, pushing, and pulling – that foster emotional and social connection. Digital games largely limit IBIs, with players using their bodies as input to control ...

People with a fear of being in water rarely engage in water activities and hence miss out on the associated health benefits. Prior research suggested virtual exposure to treat fears. However, when it comes to a fear of being in water, virtual water ...

Recent combinations of interactive technology, humans, and water have resulted in “WaterHCI”. WaterHCI design seeks to complement the many benefits of engagement with the aquatic domain, by offering, for example, augmented reality systems for snorkelers, ...

The field of Sports Human-Computer Interaction (SportsHCI) investigates interaction design to support a physically active human being. Despite growing interest and dissemination of SportsHCI literature over the past years, many publications still focus ...

Underlying humanity’s social abilities is the brain’s capacity to interpersonally synchronize. Experimental, lab-based neuropsychological studies have demonstrated that inter-brain synchrony can be technologically mediated. However, knowledge in ...

3D Food Printing (3DFP), emerging as a multifaceted technology in domestic, gastronomic, and various industrial settings, presents underexplored opportunities for facilitating social interaction. To address this, this research engaged culinary ...

This studio aims to collaboratively build foot augmentations, experiment with different materials and techniques, and create new designs for low-cost, wearable, and accessible devices that can be used by researchers, makers, designers, and artists. ...

Everyday, billions of people use footwear for walking, running, or exercise. Of emerging interest are “smart footwear”, which help users track gait, count steps or even analyse performance. However, such nascent footwear lack fine-grain ground surface ...

User engagement in Virtual Reality (VR) games is crucial for creating immersive and captivating gaming experiences that meet the expectations of players. However, understanding and measuring these levels in VR games presents a challenge for game ...

The primary focus of this research is the discreet and subtle everyday contact interactions between mobile phones and their surrounding surfaces. Such interactions are anticipated to facilitate mobile context awareness, encompassing aspects such as ...

Understanding the degree of user engagement in a VR game is vital to provide a better gaming experience. While prior work has suggested self-reports, and biological signal-based methods, measuring game engagement remains a challenge due to its complex ...

Emotional Self-Awareness (ESA) plays a vital role in physical and mental well-being. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence technologies have shown promising emotion recognition results, opening new opportunities to build systems to support ESA. ...

Tickling is a type of sensation that is associated with laughter, smiling, or other similar reactions. Psychology research has shown that tickling and laughter can significantly relieve stress. Although several tickling artifacts have been suggested in ...

Self-Tracking stress at work is an important aspect of stress management and is often the first step to improving mental health and personal well-being. We introduce StressShoe, a DIY toolkit for self-tracking stress and just-in-time stress ...

As social distancing is becoming the new normal, technology holds the potential to bridge this societal gap through novel interaction modalities that allow multiple users to collaborate and create content together. We present Jammify, an ...$$