Abstract
Zippers are common in a wide variety of objects that we use daily. This work investigates how we can take advantage of such common daily activities to support seamless interaction with technology. We look beyond simple zipper-sliding interactions explored previously to determine how to weave foreground and background interactions into a vocabulary of natural usage patterns. We begin by conducting two user studies to understand how people typically interact with zippers. The findings identify several opportunities for zipper input and sensing, which inform the design of Zippro, a self-contained prototype zipper slider, which we evaluate with a standard jacket zipper. We conclude by demonstrating several applications that make use of the identified foreground and background input methods.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI'20 |
Subtitle 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 (Electronic) | 9781450367080 |
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Publication status | Published - 21 Apr 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
- smart things
- wearable
- zipper