Literature Review

Posted: February 27, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

To keep track of what each of us has read for our lit review…

Juliette:

Introducing the HiPhone (Oliver Schneider et al.) Oliver looked at “emotion” in terms of…

Take me by the hand: haptic compasses in mobile devices through shape change and weight shift (Fabian Hemmert et al.) Looks at shape change and weight shift for navigational purposes.

Shape-changing mobiles: Tapering in one-dimensional deformation displays in mobile phones (Fabian Hemmert et al.) This is the paper where they change the tapering of the back panel of the phone. Applications: interactive feedback (e.g. scrolling), user notification (e.g. file download status), ambient display (e.g. battery status). Visual and blind user study, looking at accuracy of determining panel angle.

Ambient life: Calm and excited pulsation as a means of life-like permanent tactile status display in mobile phones (Fabian Hemmert and Gesche Joost) In this paper we present Ambient Life, a novel notification system for mobile phones (focuses on ambient display). It is based on a cognitive mechanism that humans are inherently good at: the perception of life. The proposed system employs basic life-like movements, like breath and pulse, to display the state of a mobile phone. The phone can either be “calm” (representing no missed calls, SMS or similar) or “excited” (representing missed events, requiring attention). Two prototypes and a user study are presented. The outcomes of the study are mixed; while most users generally liked the idea of a living phone and were able to determine changes in the pulse frequency almost instantly, the acceptance of the new functionality depended strongly on the situation the phone was used in.

  • The system simulates excitement (high pulse, as for a missed call/sms/appointment) and, more importantly, calmness (normal pulse, i.e. as for sufficient battery, good network reception, and no missed events). Opposed to all other mobile phones, it actively communicates that everything is fine, and that there is no need to check it.
  • Interesting idea of using a mobile shaped shell.
  • Interpretation varied across situations (in hand vs afar vs in pocket), people founds pulsing annoying.

Physical embodiments for mobile communication agents. (Stefan Marti and Chris Schmandt) This is the paper where they made a furry squirrel into a phone.

Designing cally,: a cell-phone robot. (Ji-Dong Yim and Christopher D. Shaw) This is the paper where they stuck a phone on a robot body. They had an interesting pilot project where they had people dress up like phones.

Thanks Tail video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47CX3hjpjRk

Shathel:

Evaluation of Unsupervised Emotion Models to Textual Affect Recognition: provides techniques for detecting emotions in text

Expectations for User Experience in Haptic Communication with Mobile Devices: adminstered focus groups to study user expectations of haptic interaction on mobile devices.

Expressing Emotion in Text-based Communication: how users differentiate between negative and positive affect in text-based content

Meeting Notes – February 23, 2012

Posted: February 23, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Meeting Notes – February 23, 2012

Big decision day! Many hours were spent figuring out how we want to proceed with the project for the second iteration.

In the end, we’ve decided not to proceed with the Haptic Creature inspiration, and instead to focus on exploring emotion in the HiPhone.

Photo notes:



Direction?

. . . We think we have one! Focus on the expression of notifications that contain content through emotion.

Notifications we’re thinking of specifically: Communication based notifications, i.e. text, phone calls.

Next Steps
1. Individual lit reviews
2. Individual brainstorming of emotions (May want to start with notifcations we want to show . . .or maybe not. Your call!)

Next team meeting: February 28 at 1:30pm.

Days until next iteration due: 14 days . . . That seems like plenty!

. . . Drawings!
Shathel is We are awesome at drawing!