Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote App
The design of user experiences for physical appliances increasingly involves connection, monitoring, and control via smartphone applications. Despite the rich possibilities for interaction provided by smartphones, the current standard mode of engagement with such apps is through graphical user inte...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2022-03-01
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The design of user experiences for physical appliances increasingly involves connection, monitoring, and control via smartphone applications. Despite the rich possibilities for interaction provided by smartphones, the current standard mode of engagement with such apps is through graphical user interface manipulations. To explore new felt experiences for this use context, a remote-control app for a robotic vacuum cleaner was designed, enabling participants to have their gaze focused on the robot, while steering it by gently tilting the phone. This particular interaction is used as a case to emphasize the role of somatic sensibilities when designing smartphone applications in the context of IoT. Through a phenomenologically-inspired analysis, we describe the user experience in terms of physical manipulation, perception, effort, and utility, and through social and emotional engagement. An important attribute was how the interaction, through its subtleness, created a somatically connected experience.
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| spelling | doaj.art-60a9032e1eaa4442ae6dfc5ed35e77b12024-01-12T12:06:41ZengPontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDiseña0718-84472452-42982022-03-0120Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote AppJūra Miniotaitė0Vaida Pakulytė1Ylva Fernaeus2KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Media Technology and Interaction DesignElectrolux CX, Software TeamKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Media Technology and Interaction Design The design of user experiences for physical appliances increasingly involves connection, monitoring, and control via smartphone applications. Despite the rich possibilities for interaction provided by smartphones, the current standard mode of engagement with such apps is through graphical user interface manipulations. To explore new felt experiences for this use context, a remote-control app for a robotic vacuum cleaner was designed, enabling participants to have their gaze focused on the robot, while steering it by gently tilting the phone. This particular interaction is used as a case to emphasize the role of somatic sensibilities when designing smartphone applications in the context of IoT. Through a phenomenologically-inspired analysis, we describe the user experience in terms of physical manipulation, perception, effort, and utility, and through social and emotional engagement. An important attribute was how the interaction, through its subtleness, created a somatically connected experience. https://ojs.lib.uc.cl/index.php/Disena/article/view/34223domestic robots soma design embodied interaction gestures IoT experiences |
| spellingShingle | Jūra Miniotaitė Vaida Pakulytė Ylva Fernaeus Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote App Diseña domestic robots soma design embodied interaction gestures IoT experiences |
| title | Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote App |
| title_full | Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote App |
| title_fullStr | Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote App |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote App |
| title_short | Gentle Gestures of Control: On the Somatic Sensibilities of an IoT Remote App |
| title_sort | gentle gestures of control on the somatic sensibilities of an iot remote app |
| topic | domestic robots soma design embodied interaction gestures IoT experiences |
| url | https://ojs.lib.uc.cl/index.php/Disena/article/view/34223 |
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