Is there an uncanny valley of virtual animals? A quantitative and qualitative investigation

V Schwind, K Leicht, S Jäger, K Wolf… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Approaching a high degree of realism, android robots, and virtual humans may evoke
uncomfortable feelings. Due to technologies that increase the realism of human replicas, this …

The value of learning talk: applying a novel dialogue scoring method to inform interaction design in an open-ended, embodied museum exhibit

J Roberts, L Lyons - International Journal of Computer-Supported …, 2017 - Springer
Museum researchers have long acknowledged the importance of dialogue in informal
learning, particularly for open-ended exploratory exhibits. Novel interaction techniques like …

Framed guessability: Improving the discoverability of gestures and body movements for full-body interaction

F Cafaro, L Lyons, AN Antle - Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
The wide availability of body-sensing technologies (such as Nintendo Wii and Microsoft
Kinect) has the potential to bring full-body interaction to the masses, but the design of hand …

[PDF][PDF] Drinking chai with your (AI) programming partner: A design fiction about generative AI for software engineering

M Muller, S Ross, S Houde, M Agarwal… - HAI-GEN Workshop …, 2022 - hai-gen.github.io
Drinking Chai with Your (AI) Programming Partner: A Design Fiction about Generative AI for
Software Engineering Page 1 Drinking Chai with Your (AI) Programming Partner: A Design …

Designing for Embodied Sense-making of Mathematics: Perspectives on Directed and Spontaneous Bodily Actions

J Chatain, V Gashaj, B Muttappillil… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
While mathematics is conventionally viewed as an abstract discipline, contemporary
perspectives on embodied cognition underscore the significance of integrating students' …

Virtual Feed: A Simulated Breastfeeding Experience in Virtual Reality

K Tang, K Gerling, L Geurts - Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Technology use in antenatal education is often basic and inadequately presents the
emotional and practical challenges of breastfeeding. This work presents Virtual Feed, a …

Designing social robots at scales beyond the humanoid

TH Mokhtar - Social robots: Technological, societal and ethical …, 2019 - Springer
Social robots are expected to attract users and provide a high level of affinity with the aim of
achieving the “healthy person's” level of interaction, ie, overcoming the “uncanny valley.” …

From Thoughts to Interaction: Designing Controls for Video Playback Gestures with Embodied Schemata

A Friedman, F Cafaro - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Interactive public displays are now pervasive; however, designing gestures to interact with
them is still a challenge for embodied interaction. We introduce a methodology, based on …

Exploring Interaction, Movement and Video Game Experience in an Educational VR Experience

Y Sun, S Pandita, J Madden, B Kim… - Extended Abstracts of …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Findings of increased engagement and preference for XR learning are well-established.
However, there are concerns that the high sense of presence that virtual reality can …

Exploring effects of full-body control in perspective-based learning in an interactive museum data display

J Roberts - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Many factors are known to mediate museum visitors' learning during their interactions with
exhibits, including designed elements of the exhibit itself, the other visitors present in the …