Make Me Move at Work! An Ambient Light Display to Increase Physical Activity

Fortmann, Jutta; Stratmann, Tim Claudius; Böll, Susanne; Poppinga, Benjamin; Heuten, Wilko

doi:10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252089

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“…Haller and colleagues [95] connected a posture sensing chair to 3 different types of media for delivering prompts (onscreen graphic feedback, tactile feedback from the chair itself, and physical feedback delivered by a plastic plant that became droopy to represent bad posture of the user); the result was in favor of the physical feedback, as it required the shortest time to return to the main task after the prompted activity and was rated by users as least disturbing. Along the same line of reasoning, several design studies assessed the technological feasibility, ease of understanding, usability, and likeability of ambient displays, such as programmable sculptures that changed shape [56,91], or ambient lights that altered color [94,96] to reflect users’ sedentary time and remind the user to take breaks. Nonetheless, although all the researchers suggested the need for longer-term experiments to establish the viability of their design approaches, no published follow-up studies were found.…”

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“…Not to mention easier integration of multiple data sources to make interventions more relevant to the context, CD greatly expands the range of interfaces and media that can be used to deliver SPs to users. We identified exploratory work on developing and piloting ambient displays to deliver break reminders subtly [72,94,96]. The technological advancements in the field of Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions presents new promise for this line of research, as mechanically controlled objects have been created [56,95] or designed [88,91] as a creative and pleasant way to persuade users into taking breaks and caring for their own health.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, there is a lack of knowledge about the opportune manner of prompting office workers in the moment of sedentary work. Second, as the cost of embedded electronics is dropping, it becomes increasingly possible to scale up interventions delivered with novel technological devices, such as those systems reminding users subtly by changing ambient light or shape of physical artifacts [56,94,96].…”

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Digital Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors of Office Workers: Scoping Review

Huang¹,

Benford²,

Blake³

2019

J Med Internet Res

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Background There is a clear public health need to reduce office workers’ sedentary behaviors (SBs), especially in the workplace. Digital technologies are increasingly being deployed in the workplace to measure and modify office workers’ SBs. However, knowledge of the range and nature of research on this topic is limited; it also remains unclear to what extent digital interventions have exploited the technological possibilities. Objective This study aimed to investigate the technological landscape of digital interventions for SB reduction in office workers and to map the research activity in this field. Methods Terms related to SB, office worker, and digital technology were applied in various combinations to search Cochrane Library, Joanna Briggs Institute Database of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Scopus, Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library, Engineering index Compendex, and Google Scholar for the years 2000 to 2017. Data regarding the study and intervention details were extracted. Interventions and studies were categorized into development, feasibility and/piloting, evaluation, or implementation phase based on the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions. A novel framework was developed to classify technological features and annotate technological configurations. A mix of quantitative and qualitative approaches was used to summarize data. Results We identified 68 articles describing 45 digital interventions designed to intervene with office workers’ SB. A total of 6 common technological features had been applied to interventions with various combinations. Configurations such as “information delivery and mediated organizational and social support” and “digital log and automated tailored feedback” were well established in evaluation and implementation studies; in contrast, the integration of passive data collection, connected devices, and ATF or scheduled prompts was mostly present in development and piloting research. Conclusions This review is the first to map and describe the use of digital technologies in research on SB reduction in office workers. Interdisciplinary collaborations can help to maximize the potential of technologies. As novel modes of delivery that capitalize on embedded computing and electronics, wireless technologies have been developed and piloted in engineering, computing, and design fields, efforts can be directed to move them to the next phase of evaluation with more rigorous study designs. Quality of research may be improved by fostering conversations between different research communities and encouraging researchers to plan, conduct, and report their research under the MRC framework. This review will be particularly informative to those deciding on areas where further research or development is needed and to those looking to locate the relevant expertise, resources, ...

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digital Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors of Office Workers: Scoping Review

Huang¹,

Benford²,

Blake³

2019

J Med Internet Res

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“…The system "MoveLamp" from Fortmann et al [8] investigated whether ambient light notification can motivate users to be more physically active. It consisted of an ambient lighting system, which indicated the amount of activity of a user by the color and brightness from green to red.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Exploring Ambient Air Quality Notifications for Smart Rooms

Dang

Aslan

Seiderer

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 6th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good

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Many regular meeting participants know the atmosphere of a meeting in a closed room when the air becomes stifling and uncomfortable. With increased concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2), the cognitive performance of participants can also suffer as a result. Therefore, it makes sense to retrofit such meeting rooms with smarthome technology to improve the air quality. However, existing meeting rooms often do not have built-in ventilation systems. Hence, smart technology can be used to measure air quality and communicate that by ambient notifications such as ambient lighting. Actively ventilating a room is then left to the participants of a meeting. This paper reports on a user study demonstrating that the kind of unobtrusive notification from an ambient air quality display has a significant influence on response times of perceiving the information while being concentrated on the course of the meeting. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Interactive systems and tools; Empirical studies in ubiquitous and mobile computing; • Applied computing → Consumer health.

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“…Prior research also hints at the potential of using ambient technologies for a persuasive purpose [33], for instance at the workplace by nudging employees to take a break (Breakaway by Jafarinaimi et al [22]) or to use the stairs rather than the elevator (Light installations by Rogers et al [33]). Other Figure 1: Yamin (a) and Apphia (b), two ambient desktop devices that visualize computer-activity notable design examples using ambient displays to nudge office workers into moving more are Movelamp [15], which indicates the employee's recent activity level, Lightsit [31] which visualizes unhealthy sitting behavior or posture, or the Healthbar [29] which helps users break their sitting behavior. These examples use and embody several forms of physical activity data, yet none relate physical activity to computer activity data.…”

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Visualizing Computer-Based Activity on Ambient Displays to Reduce Sedentary Behavior at Work

Brombacher

Ren

Vos

et al. 2020

32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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Workplace health interventions have predominantly been designed around visualizations of physical activity data in the work routine. Yet, contextual factors, such as computer-based activity, appears to be crucial to support healthier behaviors at work. In this research, we explore the effect of visualizing computer-based activity to prompt physical activity at work, through desktop-based ambient displays. Based on our prototypes Yamin and Apphia, we conducted an exploratory qualitative user study in a lab setting with office workers (N=16). Results showed that visualizing one's computer-based activity could potentially increase the awareness, self-reflection, and social interactions for individuals to become physically active. With our findings, we discuss design implications for using computer activity data in a physical form as a motivational factor to encourage physically active workstyles. We present directions for future field studies to gain further insights on this topic. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); HCI design and evaluation methods.

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Make Me Move at Work! An Ambient Light Display to Increase Physical Activity

Cited by 43 publications

References 13 publications

Digital Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors of Office Workers: Scoping Review

Digital Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors of Office Workers: Scoping Review

Exploring Ambient Air Quality Notifications for Smart Rooms

Visualizing Computer-Based Activity on Ambient Displays to Reduce Sedentary Behavior at Work

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