Towards designing playful bodily extensions: Learning from expert interviews

Oǧuz Oz Buruk; Louise Petersen Matjeka; Florian "Floyd" Mueller

doi:10.1145/3544548.3581165

Towards designing playful bodily extensions: Learning from expert interviews

Oǧuz Oz Buruk
, Louise Petersen Matjeka
, Florian "Floyd" Mueller

Department of Human Centred Computing

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

18 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Interactive technologies offer novel opportunities for physically extending our bodies, with the most prominent examples being prosthetics along with systems emerging from the wearables community. However, most such systems appear to focus on instrumental benefits, missing out on the opportunity to use bodily extensions for play and its associated benefits (including a lower adoption barrier and the potential to reveal a broader understanding of such technologies). To begin understanding the design of playful bodily extensions, we interviewed five designers of bodily extensions that have been showcased in prestigious academic venues or turned into commercial products. Here we present themes and actionable advice from these interviews for the design of playful bodily extensions through a thematic analysis. Our work aims to support the design of future playful bodily extensions while promoting the experiential qualities of bodily extension design, with the ultimate goal of bringing more playful experiences to people's lives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Stephanie Mueller, Julie R. Williamson, Max L. Wilson
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581165
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023 - , Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 https://chi2023.acm.org/ (Website) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3544548 (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023
Abbreviated title	CHI 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23
Internet address	https://chi2023.acm.org/ (Website) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3544548 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Bodily Extensions
Cyborg
Expert Interviews
Games
Play
Posthuman
Thematic Analysis
Transhuman
Wearables

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Buruk, OO, Matjeka, LP & Mueller, F 2023, Towards designing playful bodily extensions: Learning from expert interviews. in S Mueller, J R. Williamson & M L. Wilson (eds), Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 233, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581165

Towards designing playful bodily extensions: Learning from expert interviews. / Buruk, Oǧuz Oz; Matjeka, Louise Petersen; Mueller, Florian "Floyd".
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Stephanie Mueller; Julie R. Williamson; Max L. Wilson. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2023. 233.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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