Follow your heart

Abstract

Rauterberg, M. (2015). Follow your heart: heart rate controlled music recommendation for low stress air travel. Interaction Studies, 16(2), 303-339. DOI: 10.1075/is.16.2.12liu General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Author's brief biographies: Dr. Hao Liu is a software engineer with expertise and interest in bio-signal measurements for innovative applications in the areas of Wireless Autonomous Transducer Solutions. He has a PhD in industrial design.Dr. Jun Hu is a senior member of ACM, and an associate professor at the department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, with a background in computer science and human-computer interaction. His current research interest is in designing for social computing and social interaction.Prof.dr. Matthias Rauterberg is a full professor for Interactive System Design, also the head of the Designed Intelligence group, at the department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interest is in human-computer interaction, entertainment computing and cultural computing. AbstractLong distance travel is an unusual activity for humans. The economical cabin environment (low air circulation, limited space, low humidity, etc.) during the long haul flights causes discomfort and even stress for many passengers. In-flight video and music systems are commonly available to improve the comfort level of the passengers. However, current in-flight music systems do not explore how the content can be used to reduce passengers stress. Most of these systems are designed and implemented assuming a homogeneous passenger group that has similar tastes and desires. In this paper, we present a heart rate controlled in-flight music recommendation system for reducing the stress during air travel. The system recommends personalized music playlists to the passengers and attempts to keep their heart rate in a normal range with these playlists. Experiments in a simulated long haul flight cabin environment find that the passengers' stress can indeed be significantly reduced through listening to the recommended music playlists.