Abstract
Affordances is an important term in the field of ShapeChanging Interfaces (SCI). But the field is challenged by a multitude of vaguely defined concepts around affordances such as dynamic, spatial, or tactile affordances. In line with
this, Alexander et al [1] recently pointed to lack of theory as one of the grand challenges for SCI. This paper proposes a re-analysis of Gibson for resolving the conceptual cacophony in the field of SCI. Essential to the ecological approach to affordances, is that perception is dynamic and people pick up information through exploring objects and environments over time. From this perspective, affordances of Shape-Changing Interfaces become a matter of providing
Information – through the design – regarding a) the interfaces’ ability to transform its shape and b) how movement suggests level of animacy. Through analyzing scholarly SCI prototypes, from this perspective, we provide an initial set of design strategies for affordances of shapechanging interfaces.
this, Alexander et al [1] recently pointed to lack of theory as one of the grand challenges for SCI. This paper proposes a re-analysis of Gibson for resolving the conceptual cacophony in the field of SCI. Essential to the ecological approach to affordances, is that perception is dynamic and people pick up information through exploring objects and environments over time. From this perspective, affordances of Shape-Changing Interfaces become a matter of providing
Information – through the design – regarding a) the interfaces’ ability to transform its shape and b) how movement suggests level of animacy. Through analyzing scholarly SCI prototypes, from this perspective, we provide an initial set of design strategies for affordances of shapechanging interfaces.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | DIS '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publication date | 2020 |
| Pages | 1959-1971 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-6974-9/20/07 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450369749 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | ACM SIGCHI 2020 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: More than Human Centred Design - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 6 Jul 2020 → 10 Jul 2020 https://dis.acm.org/2020/index.html |
Conference
| Conference | ACM SIGCHI 2020 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems |
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| Location | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Eindhoven |
| Period | 06/07/2020 → 10/07/2020 |
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Keywords
- Affordances
- Design
- Information
- Perception
- Perceptual learning
- Shape-changing interfaces