HawkEye-deploying a design fiction probe
Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019•dl.acm.org
This paper explores how a design fiction can be designed to be used as a pragmatic user-
centred design method to generate insights on future technology use. We built HawkEye, a
design fiction probe that embodies a future fiction of dementia care. To learn how
participants respond to the probe, we employed it with eight participants for three weeks in
their own homes as well as evaluating it with six HCI experts in sessions of 1.5 h. In addition
to presenting the probe in detail, we share insights into the process of building it and discuss …
centred design method to generate insights on future technology use. We built HawkEye, a
design fiction probe that embodies a future fiction of dementia care. To learn how
participants respond to the probe, we employed it with eight participants for three weeks in
their own homes as well as evaluating it with six HCI experts in sessions of 1.5 h. In addition
to presenting the probe in detail, we share insights into the process of building it and discuss …
This paper explores how a design fiction can be designed to be used as a pragmatic user-centred design method to generate insights on future technology use. We built HawkEye, a design fiction probe that embodies a future fiction of dementia care. To learn how participants respond to the probe, we employed it with eight participants for three weeks in their own homes as well as evaluating it with six HCI experts in sessions of 1.5h. In addition to presenting the probe in detail, we share insights into the process of building it and discuss the utility of design fiction as a tool to elicit empathetic and rich discussions about potential outcomes of future technologies.