Diri - the actuated helium balloon: a study of autonomous behaviour in interfaces

Diana Nowacka; Nils Y. Hammerla; Chris Elsden; Thomas Plötz; David Kirk

doi:10.1145/2750858.2805825

Diri - the actuated helium balloon: a study of autonomous behaviour in interfaces

Diana Nowacka, Nils Y. Hammerla, Chris Elsden, Thomas Plötz, David Kirk

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Research on actuated interfaces has shown that people respond in certain socialized ways to interfaces that exhibit autonomous behaviours. We wished to explore the elements of design that drive people to regard an autonomous, interactive system as a social agent. To explore perceptions of autonomous behaviour in interfaces we created Diri - an autonomous helium balloon, used to document activity in spaces. We implemented two different technological sophistications of Diri, to compare the outcomes of our design decisions. We present our design process, technical details and evaluation workshops, concluding with implications for designing for autonomous behaviour in interfaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UbiComp '15 Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
Publisher	ACM
Pages	349-360
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-3574-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2750858.2805825
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing - Grand Front Osaka, Osaka, Japan Duration: 7 Sept 2015 → 11 Sept 2015

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Conference	2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
Abbreviated title	UbiComp 2015
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	7/09/15 → 11/09/15

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Nowacka, D, Hammerla, NY, Elsden, C, Plötz, T & Kirk, D 2015, Diri - the actuated helium balloon: a study of autonomous behaviour in interfaces. in UbiComp '15 Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. ACM, pp. 349-360, 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Osaka, Japan, 7/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2750858.2805825

Diri - the actuated helium balloon: a study of autonomous behaviour in interfaces. / Nowacka, Diana; Hammerla, Nils Y.; Elsden, Chris et al.
UbiComp '15 Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. ACM, 2015. p. 349-360.

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