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Embodied notifications: implicit notifications through electrical muscle stimulation

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MobileHCI '16: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct

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Notifications are an important function of mobile devices. They inform users about important events such as incoming messages or upcoming events. Prior work, however, showed that notifications can be disruptive which will become worse with the increasing number of notifications. Since notifications are currently not prioritized, disruption may lead to disregard of many important notifications. We propose embodied notification, a novel way of gaining the attention of the user. In contrast to regular ways of notifying the user such as presenting visual, auditory, or vibro-tactile cues, embodied notification use the body of the user as feedback channel. Thus, embodied notifications provide benefit to the user due to their embodiment and implicit nature. This novel type of notification can help gaining the attention of the user.

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MobileHCI '16: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct

September 2016

664 pages

ISBN:9781450344135

DOI:10.1145/2957265

General Chairs:
Fabio Paternò
CNR-ISTI, Italy
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Kaisa Väänänen
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
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Karen Church
Intercom, USA
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Jonna Häkkilä
University of Lapland, Finland
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Antonio Krüger
DFKI, Germany
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Marcos Serrano
University of Toulouse, France

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