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Chen, X. (2012)
Body-Centric Interaction with Mobile Devices. In Graduate Student Consortium, In Proceedings of the ACM 6th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction – TEI’2012. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada), ACM Press, 2 pages, February 19-22. Includes companion video, duration 3:45.
Type: Refereed conference (doctoral consortium and video).
Earlier version: video included in Report 2011-1016-28.
DOI: 10.1145/2148131.2148226
Abstract.
Most current mobile technologies require on-screen operations for interacting with devices’ visual contents. However, as a trade-off for mobility, screens usually provide limited space for interactions. To address this problem, I explore Body-Centric Interaction (BCI) – a design theme that extends a mobile device’s interaction space from screen space to body space. My research methodology follows several steps. First, I use a generative bottom-up method – sketches and proof of concept implementations – to frame the breadth of the design space. Second, I populate the space with related work, which also unifies what has been done. Third – which is work in progress – I explore the depth of promising BCI methods, with the goal of developing, refining and testing particular mobile interaction techniques.
Keywords: Body-centric interaction, mobile interaction, design space.