MoLux: Negotiating Control with a Shape-Changing Lamp at Home

TY - GEN

T1 - MoLux

T2 - 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures, NordiCHI 2022

AU - Sørensen, Marie Louise Stisen Kjerstein

AU - Bertelsen, Andreas Becker

AU - Nordmark Hoffmann, Ninna

AU - Petersen, Marianne Graves

AU - Hoggan, Eve

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 ACM.

PY - 2022/10

Y1 - 2022/10

N2 - MoLux is a shape-changing lamp designed to address some of the grand challenges in shape-changing interfaces (SCI). This includes the challenges of understanding the user experience, integrating interaction into the artefact, and conducting in-situ comparative studies with SCI. MoLux uses bi-directional and direct interaction, deploys shape-change for input and output, and enables manipulation of two independent shape-changing parameters. Through an in-situ study, we investigated how users experienced living with MoLux over four days. The study compared three different interaction paradigms; direct, indirect, and negotiated control. Our findings reveal that most users preferred negotiated interaction as well as enjoyed living with the shape-changing lamp. Our results further contribute some methodological lessons and implications for designing SCI for the home.

AB - MoLux is a shape-changing lamp designed to address some of the grand challenges in shape-changing interfaces (SCI). This includes the challenges of understanding the user experience, integrating interaction into the artefact, and conducting in-situ comparative studies with SCI. MoLux uses bi-directional and direct interaction, deploys shape-change for input and output, and enables manipulation of two independent shape-changing parameters. Through an in-situ study, we investigated how users experienced living with MoLux over four days. The study compared three different interaction paradigms; direct, indirect, and negotiated control. Our findings reveal that most users preferred negotiated interaction as well as enjoyed living with the shape-changing lamp. Our results further contribute some methodological lessons and implications for designing SCI for the home.

KW - actuated interface

KW - in-situ study

KW - interaction design

KW - research through design

KW - shape-changing interfaces

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140883598&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/3546155.3547271

DO - 10.1145/3546155.3547271

M3 - Article in proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:85140883598

BT - Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

Y2 - 8 October 2022 through 12 October 2022

ER -