Abstract
Somaesthetics—motivated by improving life quality via appreciation for bodily and sensory experiences—is increasingly influencing HCI designs. Investigating the potential of drones as a material for somaesthetic HCI, we designed Drone Chi: a
Tai Chi-inspired close-range human-drone interaction experience. The design process for Drone Chi has been informed by the soma design approach and the Somaesthetic Appreciation concept from HCI literature. The artifact expands somaesthetic
HCI by exemplifying dynamic and intimate somaesthetic interactions with a robotic design material, and body movements in expansive 3D space. To characterize the Drone Chi experience, we conducted an empirical study with 32 participants.
Analysis of participant accounts revealed 4 themes
that articulate different aspects of the experience: Looping Mental States, Environment, Agency vs. Control, and Physical Narratives. From these accounts and our craft knowledge, we derive 5 design implications to guide the development of
movement-based close-range drone interactions.
Tai Chi-inspired close-range human-drone interaction experience. The design process for Drone Chi has been informed by the soma design approach and the Somaesthetic Appreciation concept from HCI literature. The artifact expands somaesthetic
HCI by exemplifying dynamic and intimate somaesthetic interactions with a robotic design material, and body movements in expansive 3D space. To characterize the Drone Chi experience, we conducted an empirical study with 32 participants.
Analysis of participant accounts revealed 4 themes
that articulate different aspects of the experience: Looping Mental States, Environment, Agency vs. Control, and Physical Narratives. From these accounts and our craft knowledge, we derive 5 design implications to guide the development of
movement-based close-range drone interactions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Editors | Joanna McGrenere, Andy Cockburn |
| Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450367080 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Event | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2020 - Honolulu , United States of America Duration: 25 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020 Conference number: 38th https://chi2020.acm.org (Website) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3313831 (Proceedings) |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2020 |
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| Abbreviated title | CHI 2020 |
| Country/Territory | United States of America |
| City | Honolulu |
| Period | 25/04/20 → 30/04/20 |
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Keywords
- Drones
- human-drone interaction
- movement
- soma design
- somaesthetics
- Somaesthetic Appreciation
- Tai Chi