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Title:      DESIGN FOR ‘QUALITY OF USE’: EMOTION AND PHYSICAL INTERFACE DESIGN
Author(s):      Andrew Wodehouse, Marion Sheridan
ISBN:      978-989-8533-22-7
Editors:      Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao
Year:      2014
Edition:      Single
Keywords:      Interaction design, emotional design, Laban Movement Analysis, dance.
Type:      Full Paper
First Page:      91
Last Page:      98
Language:      English
Cover:      cover          
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Paper Abstract:      With recent technological developments in motion capture there is an opportunity to redefine the physical interactions we have with products, considering human needs in movement at the forefront rather than subservient to the machine. This paper reports on the exploration of emotional reaction to gestural interface design using Laban’s Movement Analysis from the field of dance and drama. After outlining the current status of Gesture Controlled User Interfaces and why the use of Laban is appropriate to help understand the effects of movement, the results of a workshop on new interface design are presented. Teams were asked to re-imagine a number of product experiences that utilised appropriate Laban effort actions and to prototype and present these to the group. Several categories of devices, including direct manipulation, remote control and gesture recognition were identified. In aligning appropriate movements to device functionality, utilising culture and analogy and where necessary increasing complexity, the interfaces embody a number of concepts relating to gestural interface concepts.
   

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