Strategies for Fostering a Genuine Feeling of Connection in Technologically Mediated Systems

ER Stepanova, J Desnoyers-Stewart, K Höök… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Human connection is essential for our personal well-being and a building block for a well-
functioning society. There is a prominent interest in the potential of technology for mediating …

Shared user interfaces of physiological data: Systematic review of social biofeedback systems and contexts in hci

C Moge, K Wang, Y Cho - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
As an emerging interaction paradigm, physiological computing is increasingly being used to
both measure and feed back information about our internal psychophysiological states …

A systematic study of unsupervised domain adaptation for robust human-activity recognition

Y Chang, A Mathur, A Isopoussu, J Song… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Wearable sensors are increasingly becoming the primary interface for monitoring human
activities. However, in order to scale human activity recognition (HAR) using wearable …

Touching our breathing through shape-change: Monster, organic other, or twisted mirror

P Karpashevich, P Sanches, R Garrett, Y Luft… - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We report on a soma design process, where we designed a novel shape-changing garment—
the Soma Corset. The corset integrates sensing and actuation around the torso in tight …

Understanding and designing avatar biosignal visualizations for social virtual reality entertainment

S Lee, A El Ali, M Wijntjes, P Cesar - … of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Visualizing biosignals can be important for social Virtual Reality (VR), where avatar non-
verbal cues are missing. While several biosignal representations exist, designing effective …

Wearable technologies as extensions: a postphenomenological framework and its design implications

A Rapp - Human–Computer Interaction, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Wearable technologies are increasing both in number and variety enabling new ways for
collecting personal data, as well as novel interaction modalities. Even though the Human …

“Feeling the Sensor Feeling you”: A Soma Design Exploration on Sensing Non-habitual Breathing

V Tsaknaki, K Cotton, P Karpashevich… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Though seemingly straightforward and habitual, breathing is a complex bodily function.
Problematising the space of designing for breathing as a non-habitual act pertaining to …

Living media interfaces: a multi-perspective analysis of biological materials for interaction

T Merritt, F Hamidi, M Alistar, M DeMenezes - Digital Creativity, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Living media interfaces (LMIs) have emerged as a new way to interact with digital systems
by incorporating actual living organisms in user interfaces. There is increasing interest in …

JeL: Breathing together to connect with others and nature

ER Stepanova, J Desnoyers-Stewart… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Bio-responsive immersive Virtual Reality can transform our interactions to bring awareness
to our physiological rhythms fostering connection with our bodies, each other and nature …

Breeze: Smartphone-based acoustic real-time detection of breathing phases for a gamified biofeedback breathing training

CH Shih, N Tomita, YX Lukic, ÁH Reguera… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Slow-paced biofeedback-guided breathing training has been shown to improve cardiac
functioning and psychological well-being. Current training options, however, attract only a …