Abstract
Many of our everyday activities occur in digital spaces. As our personal devices become increasingly smaller, portable, and wearable, our notions of self continue to enfold and entangle not only with these devices, but the personal data they produce. While devices are tangible, the notion of personal data is one that is still highly intangible and ephemeral to the average user. This paper explores methods for making this data palpable through interactive, vibrotactile interfaces. Palpability is a term used by Thecla Shiphorst to "articulate an increasing physical yet invisible embodiment of technologies." [14] To this end, we look to somatic practices and haptic technologies to design felt experiences of personal data. We will share our own explorations into somatic-inspired design practices through a project titled Vibrant Lives.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2016 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Volume | 05-06-July-2016 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450343077 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 5 2016 |
Event | 3rd International Symposium on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2016 - Thessaloniki, Greece Duration: Jul 5 2016 → Jul 6 2016 |
Other
Other | 3rd International Symposium on Movement and Computing, MOCO 2016 |
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Country | Greece |
City | Thessaloniki |
Period | 7/5/16 → 7/6/16 |
Keywords
- Data visualization
- Haptics
- Somatic practice
- Vibrotactile interface
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Software