Textile Game Controllers: Exploring Affordances of E-Textile Techniques as Applied to Alternative Game Controllers

Hartman, Kate; Westecott, Emma; Colpitts-Campbell, Izzie; Faber, Jennie Robinson; Shao, Yiyi; Luginbuhl, Chris; Prior, Olivia; Laroia, Manisha

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“…Steve Mann defines wearable computing as the "act of wearing a computer on their body" (Berzowska, 2005;Mann, 1997). Although wearable technology in the form of clothes has been introduced for over a thousand years, it has been evolving in the last decade, with the addition of embedded devices and sensors to e-textile, building accessibility to users (Berzowska, 2005;Birringer & Danjoux, 2009;Capineri, 2014;Hartman et al, 2020Hartman et al, , 2021Lymberis & Paradiso, 2008;Ryan, n.d.;Schüll, 2016, Sparacino et al, 1997. According to Wright and Keith (2014), wearable technology describes "electronics and computers that are integrated into clothing and other accessories that can be worn comfortably on the body".…”

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Many-to-One: Wearable Interactions

Dang-Lam

2024

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<p>While wearable technology in the form of clothes has been introduced for over a thousand years, it has been evolving in the last decade, with computer wearables to e-textile (Berzowska, 2005; Birringer & Danjoux, 2009; Capineri, 2014; Hartman, 2014; Lymberis & Paradiso, 2008; Ryan, n.d.; Sparacino et al., 1997). The motivation of this project is to bring focus on a unique audience engagement in musical performances and explore the many-to-one network connection of tangible interactions. This paper focuses on the creation of a wearable wristband, the use of network connection and the interaction with a data visualization used to create a unique and engaging experience for every audience member. This research project proposes a new creative space that will explore an inverted interaction, where audience members set the stage of the live performance.</p>

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Section: Wearablesmentioning

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Many-to-One: Wearable Interactions

Dang-Lam

2024

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“…Polymerization and dyeing materials with resistive materials with processes such as PolySense [114] and Piezo-Resistive Kinesiology Tape [274] enable researchers to quickly build prototypes of textiles that respond to stretch and movement. Playing with conductive and resistive materials with techniques such as felting and pre-programmed microcontrollers have helped beginners focus on material exploration and craft rather than code [103].…”

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E-textile Learning Scaffolds: Supports for Novices Learning E-textile Concepts and Techniques

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Electronic textiles (e-textiles) combine the conductive properties of metallic threads with increasingly small computers and microcontrollers to create textiles that are interactive. E-textiles enable new opportunities such as devices that are strong yet flexible, and the ability to use more accessible crafting tools and materials. They also allow technology to blend into the textiles we have in our lives, such as those on our bodies and in our homes. In education, e-textiles are incorporated into curriculums for how they can increase participation in physical computing, while also enabling new creative and expressive applications. Yet blending the fields of physical computing and textiles is not simple, since each has its own culture of terminology, design and prototyping practices, tools, techniques, and methods of documentation.The goal of this thesis is to support beginners in learning the hybrid craft of e-textiles with e-textile learning scaffolds. Rather than building e-textiles from scratch, e-textile learning scaffolds are activities for supporting novices as they learn e-textile concepts and practice the tacit aspects of the craft. One central research question runs throughout the projects in this thesis: "How can we scaffold e-textile ideation and experiential learning with tangible objects and activities?" This thesis contributes five studies, each providing a tangible scaffold or activity, or scaffolding recommendations, for teaching e-textiles in courses or workshops. The design of these i learning scaffolds focused on how they could be accessible to educators by prioritizing reproducibility, re-use, and low-cost.• To my supervisor: Thank you for being there for all the twists and turns this PhD has taken and for your guidance along the way.• To my committee members, publication co-authors, and peer reviewers: Taking the time to read someone's work and provide feedback is always a gift. Thank you! • To my study participants: Thank you so much for providing your time and expertise to this research. I have learned so much from my time spent with all of you. • Most of the work in this thesis happened during the COVID-19 pandemic. A big thank you to my friends and family who helped me through this incredibly difficult time. • To the PhD student who reads this, since only PhD students spend time reading other thesis documents: I hope you find joy in your thesis journey -wishing you all the best! vii Ubiquitous computing Computers that are 'ubiquitous' in our environment, i.e. distributed and within all objects [301]. Zone of proximal development (ZPD) The area or "zone" where learning can occur. If a task is too hard, an individual will become frustrated, and equally if a task is too easy an individual will not learn anything [96].

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Workshops in TEI: Development, Evaluation, Exploration, and Implementation

Chen

2022

Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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Workshops are frequently used in human-computer interaction research, in a diverse range of research projects. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has made this research activity difficult to conduct since they often involve group work, physical interaction with tangibles and/or bodily activity. Motivated by this, the authors conducted a review of papers from the International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) to develop a better understanding of workshops as a research method in TEI. The meta-review led to the development of a preliminary classification for workshops in research. Four categories of workshops were identified: Design development, Evaluation, Exploration, and Implementation. This work is intended to spark discussion and further research around the value and the challenges of conducting research workshops. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); HCI design and evaluation methods.

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Textile Game Controllers: Exploring Affordances of E-Textile Techniques as Applied to Alternative Game Controllers

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Many-to-One: Wearable Interactions

Many-to-One: Wearable Interactions

E-textile Learning Scaffolds: Supports for Novices Learning E-textile Concepts and Techniques

Workshops in TEI: Development, Evaluation, Exploration, and Implementation

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