Kinesthetic Interaction: Revealing the Bodily Potential in Interaction Design

Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann, Jonas Fritsch, Karen Johanne Kortbek

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    Abstract

    Within the Human-Computer Interaction community there is a growing interest in designing for the whole body in interaction design. The attempts aimed at addressing the body have very different outcomes spanning from theoretical arguments for understanding the body in the design process, to more practical examples of designing for bodily potential. This paper presents Kinesthetic Interaction as a unifying concept for describing the body in motion as a foundation for designing interactive systems. Based on the theoretical foundation for Kinesthetic Interaction, a conceptual framework is introduced to reveal bodily potential in relation to three design themes – kinesthetic development, kinesthetic means and kinesthetic disorder; and seven design parameters – engagement, sociality, movability, explicit motivation, implicit motivation, expressive meaning and kinesthetic empathy. The framework is a tool to be utilized when analyzing existing designs, as well as developing designs exploring new ways of designing kinesthetic interactions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the ACM OZCHI Conference
    Number of pages8
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Publication date2008
    Pages89-96
    ISBN (Print)0-9803063-4-5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    EventOZCHI 2008 - Designing for habitus and habitat - Cairns, Australia
    Duration: 8 Dec 200812 Dec 2008
    Conference number: 20

    Conference

    ConferenceOZCHI 2008 - Designing for habitus and habitat
    Number20
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityCairns
    Period08/12/200812/12/2008

    Keywords

    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Kinesthetic Interaction
    • Bodily Potential
    • Interaction Design
    • Kinesthetic Empathy

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