Designing smart living objects: enhancing vs. distracting traditional human-object interaction

Authors:
Pei-Yu Chi;Jen-Hao Chen;Shih-Yen Liu;Hao-Hua Chu
Affiliations:
Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University;Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University;Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University;Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
Venue:
HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction platforms and techniques
Year:
2007

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Abstract

To realize Weiser's vision of ubiquitous computing, a popular approach has been to create so-called smart living objects, which are everyday objects in our living environment augmented with digital technology. In this paper, we survey different smart living objects and classify their design choices into different types of digital enhancement. These design choices are about choosing the relation between the object's digital enhancement and its traditional use - (1) whether the object's digital function enhances or distracts its original function, and (2) whether the object's digital interaction matches or conflicts with its original interaction. Finally, we formulate design heuristics that new digital enhancement should consider the object's traditional function and interaction method, and avoid conflict between the digital enhancement and the traditional use.