A design research for understanding how to use desk top products from case shapes

本研究旨在寻找一种可让使用者在不需要说明的情况下就能了解使用的输入装置外壳的使用者介面形状设计模式。我们尝试了两个实验，并比较了这些结果。第一个实验是心理模拟，第二个是物理模型实验。结果，我们观察到更多的是相同的共同行动比不同的个人行动之间的每一个形状，不匹配的动词词和真实的行动。特别是，在每一种形状中都可以观察到“震动”，即使使用加速度计也更容易感知。总之，这项研究表明，我们有可能导致用户更多的各种行动使用的形状，可以留下更多的各种轨迹对空间像桌面，而不是形状形式。

This research aims to find the shape design pattern of an input device case for user interface that let users understand to use without instruction. We tried two experiments and compared these results. The first experiment is mind simulation, the next is physical-model experiment. As the result, we observed more same common actions than different individual actions between each shapes, not matching verb words and real actions. In particular, "shaking" is observed in every shapes, and easier to sense even with an accelerometer. In conclusion, this research suggests us a possibility to lead users more various actions using a shape which can leave more various trajectories against space like table surface rather than shape forms.