CHI 2013 some papers
Those are some interesting papers from CHI 2013
Flexpad
- uses a kinect to track users bending paper
- removes hands from paper by optical surface model analysis
- too low resolution for shape based extraction of hands (xy and even z)
- use reflectivity and translucency as features (see figure 3)
- infrared image comes from freenect driver
swipe vs. scroll
- evaluation of web page switching on mobile browsers
- cool to know that they have so much in mind (at least sometimes)
safari: swipe, pages metaphor
chrome: scroll, stacked cards metaphor
improving navigation-based file retrieval
- good answer to the visual memory vs. type-to-search problem
- very applied
- a best paper
Mediated Meditation
- they built a sound depending on your breathing
- putting this into a dark room led people to have meditation-like experiences
- Cultivating Mindfulness with this “Sonic Cradle”
Jay Vidyarthi and Bernhard E. Rieck from SFU (Vancouver) (see page 2305)
Mind the Theoretical Gap
- Interpreting, Using, and Developing Behavioral Theory in HCI Research
- a good start to connect psychology and hci concerning behaviors
- a changing perspectives session
- a best paper
visual judgment depends on mood
- people seem to perceive graphics faster when in a good mood
- another ethnically and behaviorally interesting paper
- they are influencing visual judgment through affective priming
iRotateGrasp detects mobile orientation
- Automatic Screen Rotation based on Grasp of Mobile Devices
- iRotateGrasp is made by Lung-Pan Cheng (now in our lab)
- based on iGrasp (at which they changed the ios keyboard mode depending on grasp)
- he solved the using-your-mobile-in-your-bed-problem
- detecting how the device is held leads to how
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