A framework for collaboration-sensitive Design of Tangible Interaction

可移植用户界面和更一般的可移植交互已经发展成为计算机界面设计中的一个新的研究领域，将计算嵌入真实的世界。这种方法使用户能够通过有形设备和全身交互来控制计算机并与之交互。到目前为止，基础研究主要集中在概念验证上，对技术选择和应用领域进行了许多有趣的探索，而很少有原则性的工作和理论发展。这个项目的目的是开发一个概念性的理解用户交互和设计的原则性方法，解决了更广泛的交互环境。拟议的项目将实际应用，评估，验证，完善，扩展和传播有形交互的协作敏感设计框架。该框架支持评估和设计，并以申请人以前的理论和经验工作为基础。到目前为止，它的应用仅限于几个领域，主要是事后分析。该项目将在一些系统分析，实地研究和设计项目中应用该框架，跨越广泛的协作情况和应用背景，探索其实际效用，发展并将其传达给研究界。为了实现规模和多样性，将与国际合作者进行多次接触。通过将框架应用于一系列示例并将其传达给系统设计人员，将导出一种指导其使用的有条不紊的方法。

Tangible User Interfaces and more generally, Tangible Interaction, have developed into a new research area within computer interface design, embedding computing in the real world. This approach enables users to control and interact with computers through tangible devices and full-body interaction. Basic research up to now has focused on proofs-of-concept, with many interesting explorations of technical options and application areas, while little principled work and theory development has taken place. This project aims to develop a conceptual understanding of the user interaction and a principled approach for design that addresses the broader interactional context. The proposed project will practically apply, assess, validate, refine, extend, and disseminate a framework for collaboration-sensitive design of tangible interaction. The framework supports assessment as well as design and is grounded in previous theoretical and empirical work of the applicant. Its application was up to now limited to a few domains and predominantly post-hoc analysis. The project will apply the framework in a number of system analysis, field studies and in design projects, spanning a wide range of collaborative situations and application contexts, exploring its practical utility, evolving and communicating it to the research community. To achieve scale and diversity, multiple engagements with international collaborators will take place. By applying the framework to a range of examples and communicating it to system designers, a methodical approach that guides its usage will be derived.