Abstract
Drone Chi is a Tai Chi inspired human-drone interaction experience. As a design research project, situated within somaesthetic interaction design, where a central topic is cultivating bodily and sensory appreciation to improve one's quality of life. Drone Chi investigates the potential of autonomous micro-quadcopters as a design material for somaesthetic HCI. Through a quasi-chronological account of the design process, this pictorial articulates how the sensory experiences of Tai Chi were integrated into Drone Chi. Taking a slow and open-ended design research approach, we iteratively developed the project through somaesthetic, product design and engineering perspectives and drew heavily on design analogies and imagery for inspiration. This elevated the influence of the soma amongst narrow engineering parameters and usability requirements. This pictorial serves as a reflective resource for designers who are experimenting with merging their native discipline with someasthetic interaction design.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2020 ACM on Designing Interactive Systems Conference |
Editors | Will Odom, Audrey Desjardins, Marianne Graves Peterson |
Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 575-586 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450369749 |
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Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Event | Designing Interactive Systems 2020 - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 6 Jul 2020 → 10 Jul 2020 https://dis.acm.org/2020/ (Website) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3357236 (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | Designing Interactive Systems 2020 |
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Abbreviated title | DIS 2020 |
Country | Netherlands |
City | Eindhoven |
Period | 6/07/20 → 10/07/20 |
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Keywords
- Drones
- Gestural interaction
- Human-drone interaction
- Movement
- Soma design
- somaesthetic appreciation
- somaesthetics
- tai chi