Designing Human–Computer Integration in an Exertion Context
Josh Andrés · 2021
Human–computer interaction researchers continue to support the exerting user to promote the many benefits of being physically active. Recently, due to technological advances, systems emerged that can continuously sense, interpret and automatically act on information, opening the opportunity to design human-computer "integration", where the user and the system work in a partnership. However, today's knowledge gap is how to design human–computer integration experiences in an exertion context. In this talk, I present how I aimed to close this gap through the design of three eBike systems that "act on" different data types (motion, traffic light data, and EEG (electroencephalography)) to explore integrations with the exerting body. The investigation informed the creation of the "integrated exertion framework", which can guide interaction designers on how to, and in an inclusive manner, amplify a person's sensations of their abilities in an exertion context to create "superpower", "co-operative" and "symbiotic" human-computer partnerships.