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Exploring usage scenarios on social devices: balancing between surprise and user control

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Jarmo Palviainen,

Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila,

Tapani LeppänenAuthors Info & Claims

DPPI '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces

Pages 96 - 105

https://doi.org/10.1145/2513506.2513517

Published: 03 September 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Mobile devices and social media are designed primarily to support communication between remote people. However, the sensors in modern smart phones allow also proxemic interactions between the devices and their co-located users. In such interactions, mobile devices can act as smart, social objects -- or Social Devices -- proactively triggering interpersonal interactions. We present the results of our explorative user study about usage scenarios and user perceptions of Social Devices. We conducted three bodystorming sessions and eight laboratory sessions to expose altogether 39 participants to the concept of Social Devices. The bodystorming sessions resulted in a set of novel usage scenarios for Social Devices. The evaluations of the scenarios and prototypes show that participants valued Social Devices offering surprising social effects, such as discovering mutual interest between users. However, participants strongly expressed the need to control the device-initiated interactions. Based on the findings, we suggest five design implications for further development of related concepts.

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Wen JÜnlüer AHolzmann CMayrhofer RHäkkilä JRukzio ERoland M(2015)Redefining the fundamentals of photography with cooperative photographyProceedings of the 14th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/2836041.2836045(37-47)Online publication date: 30-Nov-2015
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Jarusriboonchai POlsson TVäänänen-Vainio-Mattila KZaslavsky ALoke SKulik LPitoura E(2014)User experience of proactive audio-based social devicesProceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/2677972.2677995(98-106)Online publication date: 25-Nov-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2677972.2677995

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