Future of Intimate Artefacts: A Speculative Design Investigation

Kaur, Jasmine; Devgon, Rishabh; Goel, Smera; Singh, Arunesh; Monteiro, Kyzyl; Singh, Advika

doi:10.1145/3570211.3570216

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“…These include archetypes as posters [77], storyboards [20,78], and physical prototypes [76,78,87,105]. Though widely used, we observed the variety of media used to represent design fiction archetypes is somewhat limited.…”

Section: Design Fiction Archetypementioning

confidence: 98%

“…Combining design fiction and participatory design methods has become increasingly popular in HCI research, including in wearables research [76], intimate artefacts [77], and UTI treatments [78]. Nagele et al [78] particularly identify the value of using participatory design fiction methods with vulnerable users by better representing and valuing the opinions and experiences of individuals whose experiences lie outside of the societal "norm."…”

Section: Participatory Design Fictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Accessible Gaming Wearables: Opportunities for Players with Upper Limb Motor Disabilities

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There has been increased interest in how wearables can offer new avenues of interaction in video games. However, understanding how wearable devices can support accessible gaming is missing. My research aims to explore this potential with users with upper limb motor disabilities to understand their experiences with video games and wearable devices. My thesis is divided into two parts. Firstly, I interviewed gamers with upper limb motor disabilities to understand their lived experiences in playing video games and using wearable technology. Secondly, I explored the design space of accessible gaming wearables using participatory design fiction sessions to envision the future of wearable technology and accessible video games. My study also offers methodological contributions to the HCI community by demonstrating how dialogic/performance analysis can be applied to participatory design fiction research.Though narrative inquiry is often used in HCI, specifically using the method of dialogic/performance analysis to analyze narrative inquiry data is less often used. This research provides a detailed example of how this analysis method can be utilized in HCI research.

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Section: Design Fiction Archetypementioning

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Section: Participatory Design Fictionmentioning

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Accessible Gaming Wearables: Opportunities for Players with Upper Limb Motor Disabilities

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Exploring the Roles of Artifacts in Speculative Futures: Perspectives in HCI

Zhu,

Wang,

2024

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In an era where technology increasingly blurs the boundaries between humans and machines, artifacts have become crucial mediums for critically examining the technological, social, and ethical dimensions of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI). This study explores artifacts as a key yet underutilized medium for speculation in the evolving field of HCI from a systemic perspective. While artifacts increasingly enable HCI to move beyond optimizing user experiences towards critically and collaboratively envisioning futures, perspectives comprehensively examining artifacts across the speculative design process and their impacts remain limited. Through a literature review of 53 speculative artifacts within the scope of HCI, this research elucidates the roles of artifacts across intention, making, and impact. Four categories of speculative artifacts emerged—Reflective, Exploratory, Interventional, and Heuristic—demonstrating how artifacts employ material, ambiguous, functional, and provocative forms to shape experiences, behaviors, and social norms. This study highlights the need for HCI to increasingly recognize the capacity of artifacts to support critical, sustained, participatory speculation by providing tangible representations of alternative futures. Speculative artifacts thus serve as powerful mediums to engage in societal discourse around the ethics and values of emerging technologies and to envision and enact responsible innovation. The materialization of alternative futures through artifacts allows researchers to reimagine socio-technological relationships, pushing design into inclusive, controversial spaces where diverse stakeholders can collaboratively shape desired and undesired futures.

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Future of Intimate Artefacts: A Speculative Design Investigation

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Accessible Gaming Wearables: Opportunities for Players with Upper Limb Motor Disabilities

Accessible Gaming Wearables: Opportunities for Players with Upper Limb Motor Disabilities

Exploring the Roles of Artifacts in Speculative Futures: Perspectives in HCI

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