Investigating embodied interaction in embedded computational environments

随着计算作为环境的嵌入式部分发挥着越来越大的作用，寻求理解人类与计算交互的具体本质的研究变得越来越重要。人机交互是一种理解人机交互的方法，旨在研究和支持交互中心灵，身体和环境的复杂相互作用。这种方法与依赖于与嵌入在物理环境中的计算的直接物理交互的广泛类别的系统相关，所述物理环境包括混合现实、有形计算、响应环境、普适计算和物理计算。基于身体的儿童计算机交互形式，包括身体动作，触摸，感觉，操纵和建立对世界关系的感官意识的能力，对儿童的认知发展至关重要。这个为期五年的研究项目的重点是调查儿童用户如何通过行动和与嵌入式计算环境的互动来创造意义。

As computation plays an ever larger role as an embedded part of the environment, research that seeks to understand the embodied nature of human's interactions with computation becomes increasingly important. Embodied interaction is an approach to understanding human computer interaction that seeks to investigate and support the complex interplay of mind, body and environment in interaction. This approach is relevant for a broad class of systems that rely on direct physical interaction with computation embedded in the physical environment including mixed reality, tangible computing, responsive environments, pervasive computing and physical computing. Physically-based forms of child computer interaction including body movements, the ability to touch, feel, manipulate and build sensory awareness of the relationships in the world is crucial to children's cognitive development. The focus of this five year program of research is the investigation of how child users create meaning through action and interaction with embedded computational environments.