Squeeze, rock, and roll; can tangible interaction with affective products support stress reduction?

  • Authors:
  • Miguel Bruns Alonso;David V. Keyson;Caroline C. M. Hummels

  • Affiliations:
  • Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, NL;Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, NL;TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Affective computing focuses on the interpretation of users emotions via physiological and behavioral inputs. Irrelevant gestures with a pen were found to increase when users were given a mentally demanding task. Accordingly, an embedded tangible interface was developed which afforded and measured a rolling behavior, and guided the user towards reaching a balanced state of movement. During informal evaluations users acknowledged how the device could contribute to stress reduction. Conclusion, tangible interfaces appear to offer a non-obtrusive means towards interpreting and reducing stress in the office work context.