Hyaku: A qualitative negotiation-through-interaction interface to support runners in achieving balanced training sessions
Juan Restrepo, Steven Vos, Evert Verhagen, Carine Lallemand · Proceedings of DRS · 2022
Wearable systems and apps for recreational running provide awareness of one’s performance and activity and aim for increased engagement. Yet, these systems focus on sensor-generated data and do little to integrate subjective and contextual factors as meaningful insights. Their interaction and feedback mechanisms mostly rely on numbers and do not always match users’ real-life needs. To address these gaps, we explore human-computer negotiation as an interactive mechanism to enable recreational runners to adjust the recommendations delivered by a system. We do so by designing tangible qualitative interfaces la-belled “Tradeables” (whose label is inspired by the idea of “trading” with a system). By reaching a trade-off between objective sensor evaluation and subjective feelings, we gather insights into the design of negotiation interfaces for sport and well-being. We present Hyaku, a research artifact providing insights on the design considerations, challenges, and opportunities of tangible and qualitative interfaces for negotiation.