The Hankie Probe: A Materialistic Approach to Mobile UX Research

Michael Leitner, Gilbert Cockton, Joyce Yee, Thomas Greenough

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    Abstract

    Mobile user experience (UX) research can benefit from unexplored opportunities from theory and practice. Contemporary sociology has developed sophisticated understandings of mobilities that can expand the scope of mobile HCI research. At the same time, we need to extend the scope of mobile experience beyond its current main foci on the portable device and moments of experience. We report the interim results of exploratory pilot studies of a fabric based probe that has been developed to extend the scope of mobile experience research both theoretically and in the range of insights that can be collected in mobile user studies. We report our initial experiences with a 'hankie' (handkerchief) probe that aims to gather rich usage and experience insights for early stages of design.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages1919-1924
    Number of pages6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 May 2012
    Event30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, Texas, Austin, TX, United States
    Duration: 5 May 201210 May 2012
    http://chi2012.acm.org/program/desktop/Session232.html?searchterm=health+system

    Conference

    Conference30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAustin, TX
    Period5/05/1210/05/12
    Internet address

    Keywords

    • mobile UX
    • mobility
    • methods
    • materials

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