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Supporting Children with Autism to Participate
throughout a Design Process
Beate Grawemeyer, Emma Ashwin, Laura Benton, Mark Brosnan,
Hilary Johnson, University of Bath, UK
A deficit in social communication is one of a number of core
features of autism that can result in the exclusion of individuals
with autism from the design process. Individuals with autism can
be highly motivated by new technology, and the design of
technologies for individuals with autism could potentially benefit
from their direct input. We structured participatory design sessions
using Cooperative Inquiry specifically to support the needs of
individuals with autism. This video highlights how, when
appropriately supported, the challenges of the social
communication deficits associated with autism can be overcome
and individuals with autism can take a full and active role within
the design process.
TEROOS: A Wearable Avatar to Enhance Joint Activities
Tadakazu Kashiwabara, Hirotaka Osawa, Keio University, Japan
Kazuhiko Shinozawa, ATR Intelligent Robotics and
Communication Laboratories, Japan
Michita Imai, Keio University, Japan
This video shows a wearable avatar named TEROOS, which is
mounted on the shoulder of a person. TEROOS allows the users
who wear it and control it to remotely share a vision. Moreover, the
avatar has an anthropomorphic face that enables the user who
controls it to communicate with people that are physically around
the user who wears it. We have conducted a eld test by using
TEROOS and observed that the wearable avatar innovatively
assisted the users to communicate during their joint activities such
as route navigating, and buying goods at a shop. In addition, both
users could easily identify objects that they discussed. Moreover,
shop’s staff members communicated with the user controlling
TEROOS and they exhibited a typical social behavior.
The Design Evolution of LuminAR: A Compact and
Kinetic Projected Augmented Reality Interface
Natan Linder, Pattie Maes, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA
LuminAR is a new form factor for a compact and kinetic projected
augmented reality interface. This video presents the design
evolution iterations of the LuminAR prototypes. In this video we
document LuminAR’s design process, hardware and software
implementation and demonstrate new kinetic interaction
techniques. The work presented is motivated through a set of
applications that explore scenarios for interactive and kinetic
projected augmented reality interfaces. It also opens the door for
further explorations of kinetic interaction and promotes the
adoption of projected augmented reality as a commonplace user
interface modality.
The Interactive Punching Bag
Marian Petre, Chris Baines, Michael Baker, Ed Copcutt,
Adam Martindale, Taranjit Matharu, Max Petre Eastty,
The Open University, UK
Videos
The ‘interactive punching bag’ transforms a conventional
punching bag into a programmable ‘smart device’ enhanced to
provide various forms of stimulus and feedback (sound, lights, and
displayed images). The physical characteristics of each punch are
captured using impact sensors and accelerometers, and LEDs,
speakers and an associated display can be used to provide
different prompts and responses. Interactions are logged over
time for analysis. The bag was devised as a means of investigating
how to design interactions in the context of a fun, physical, familiar
object. Preliminary studies suggest that users are surprised and
engaged, and that first-time users spend more time in their first
encounter if the bag is running an ‘unexpected’ program (e.g.,
giggling on impact rather than grunting). However, some users are
sensitive about the nature of images and sounds associated with
the bag, particularly where there is a conflict with social
expectations or values. So far, the interactions that hold users’
attention are those, like the musical ‘punching bag keyboard’, that
combine moderate physical activity with a creative element or an
intellectual challenge.
TimeBlocks: “Mom, Can I Have Another Block of Time?”
Eiji Hayashi, Martina Rau, Zhe Han Neo, Nastasha Tan,
Sriram Ramasubramanian, Eric Paulos, Carnegie Mellon
University, USA
Time is a difficult concept for parents to communicate with young
children. We developed TimeBlocks, a novel tangible, playful
object to facilitate communication about concepts of time with
young children. TimeBlocks consists of a set of cubic blocks that
function as a physical progress bar. Parents and children can
physically manipulate the blocks to represent the concept of time.
We evaluated TimeBlocks through a field study in which six
families tried TimeBlocks for four days at their homes. The results
indicate that TimeBlocks played a useful role in facilitating the
often challenging task of time-related communication between
parents and children. We also report on a range of observed
insightful novel uses of TimeBlocks in our study.
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