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TY - GEN
T1 - ThermoPixels
T2 - Designing Interactive Systems DIS 2020
AU - Umair, Muhammad
AU - Sas, Corina
AU - Alfaras, Miquel
N1 - © ACM, 2021. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in DIS '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3357236.3395512
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - Much research has shown the potential of affective interfaces for reflection on, and understanding of bodily responses. Yet, people find it difficult to engage with, and understand their biodata which they have limited prior experience with. Building on affective interfaces and material-centered design, we developed ThermoPixels, a toolkit including thermochromic and heating materials, as well as galvanic skin response sensors for creating representations of physiological arousal. Within 10 workshops, 20 users with no expertise in biosensors or thermochromic materials created personalized representations of physiological arousal and its real-time changes using the toolkit. We report on participants' material exploration, their experience of creating shapes and the use of colors for emotional awareness and regulation. We discuss embodied exploration and creative expression, the value of technology in emotion regulation and its social context, and the importance of understanding material limitations for affective sense-making.
AB - Much research has shown the potential of affective interfaces for reflection on, and understanding of bodily responses. Yet, people find it difficult to engage with, and understand their biodata which they have limited prior experience with. Building on affective interfaces and material-centered design, we developed ThermoPixels, a toolkit including thermochromic and heating materials, as well as galvanic skin response sensors for creating representations of physiological arousal. Within 10 workshops, 20 users with no expertise in biosensors or thermochromic materials created personalized representations of physiological arousal and its real-time changes using the toolkit. We report on participants' material exploration, their experience of creating shapes and the use of colors for emotional awareness and regulation. We discuss embodied exploration and creative expression, the value of technology in emotion regulation and its social context, and the importance of understanding material limitations for affective sense-making.
KW - toolkit
KW - thermochromic materials
KW - arousal representations
KW - affective interfaces
KW - biosensors
KW - personalization
U2 - 10.1145/3357236.3395512
DO - 10.1145/3357236.3395512
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
T3 - DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
SP - 1017
EP - 1032
BT - DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
PB - ACM
CY - New York
Y2 - 6 July 2020 through 10 July 2020
ER -