The traditional activity tracking system (1) providing step data to LOOP (2) and over time showing the number of steps made on each day of the week (3).
A co creation session with end-users.
Prototyping.
Demonstration at the DIS2017 conference.Overview
- Conference: DIS 2017
- Type: Demonstration
- Goal: Investigate how a physical artifact could visualize activity data.
- - Best Demo Award
People
Kim Sauvé, (then) Eindhoven University of Technology
Steven Houben, (then) Lancaster University
Nicolai Marquadt, University College London
Saskia Bakker, (then) Eindhoven University of Technology
Bart Hengeveld, Eindhoven University of Technology
Sarah Gallacher, Intel Labs Europe
Yvonne Rogers, University College London
Abstract
We investigated how a physical artifact could support seamless interaction with personal activity data in everyday life. We introduce LOOP, a physical artifact that changes its shape according to the activity data of the owner, providing an abstract visualization. This paper reports on the design process of LOOP that was informed by interviews and co-creation sessions with end users. We conclude with future work on the evaluation of the concept. This paper makes two main contributions. Firstly, LOOP is proposed as an example of an alternative approach to physically represent activity data. Secondly, the design process and rationale behind LOOP are presented as design knowledge.