Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Kristenia Hook Affective empowerment

Kia, 
Emotional empowerment. 

Affective computing - computer decoding users emotional state. 
Put affect as an embodied social bodily and cultural product.
So can support an expanded range of communication.

Why affective 
new contexts of use (PC's not just for work). 
new inputs. 

eMoto (it sounds Japanese) 
extension of mobile interaction. Sensors in pen to measure pressure and shaking + bluetooth.
write your message then shake pen to show emotion -creates the background.
Ruseel's circumlefx motion ???
colour wheel maps low - to high arousal and low to high displeasure/pleasure from holding pressure and movement. 
colour is displayed on back of mobile. 
No colour mapping up front but people create private colour expressions.
Colour becomes the body language

Affective Diary
More mobile, Biosensor armband - galvanic skin response, movement(plugs in via cable)
Scan mobile activites and then visualise. 
scribble diary notes above.
Users did it for month each.
Helped one user reflect on their live (" I noticed I went jogging after I'm upset")
Some people make more reflective
More interested in how to design for these interactions.
'Knowing and communicating is through the whole body"
Openness Openness

surfaces that can be appropriated 
not filled or given definite meaning.
Familiarity based on
Social practice 
Bodily practice 

Working on how to influence your current state

'Put people in charge of sense making (co-construction of meaning)' (the machine does not observe you, you creating interpretations of your self (of broadcasting).
Nice solution to what emotional measurements mean.
eMoto - between SMS and voice call.

. o O { How far can we move away from embodied ment. If you loose a leg are you less you? } 

Löwgren: Use qualities - frame of reference for interaction designers
Suppleness (Isbister and Hook)
Pliability (Lowgren)


Emoto pen was problem as too big and looked like Dildo problem using/waving it it in pubs and cafe's

Sensual evaluation instrumen
Sensual evaluation instrument no verbal articulation mechanism 
(shapes you can pick up.. ) 

motion and emotion are linked/influences

design for persona and get subjects to meet persona

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