?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Confronting+people's+fears+about+bats%3A+Combining+multimodal+and+environmentally+sensed+data+to+promote+curiosity+and+discovery&rft.creator=Kaninsky%2C+M&rft.creator=Gallacher%2C+S&rft.creator=Rogers%2C+Y&rft.description=Bats+are+often+disliked+and+feared+by+people.+How+might+we+enable+the+general+public+to+learn+more+about+the+true+nature+of+these+creatures%2C+and+even+to+like+them%3F+In+this+paper%2C+we+introduce+PlayBat%2C+a+physical+public+display%2C+which+combines+a+multi-modal+interface%2C+a+constrained+narrative+structure+and+real-time+IoT+environmentally+sensed+bat+call+data.+The+aim+of+our+research+is+to+investigate+whether+promoting+curiosity+and+discovery+through+enabling+people+to+explore+real-life+data%2C+answer+quiz-like+questions+and+engage+with+a+multi-modal+interface%2C+is+effective+at+engaging+people+and+confronting+their+fears.+We+report+on+the+design+process+and+implementation+of+PlayBat%2C+and+the+findings+from+an+in-the-wild+study.+We+discuss+how+tapping+into+multiple+senses+can+draw+people+in%2C+evoke+curiosity+and+even+change+their+views.&rft.subject=Tangible+interface%3B+Internet+of+Things+(IoT)%3B+Curiosity%3B+Fear+confrontation%3B+Physical+visualisation%3B+Playful+technology&rft.publisher=ACM&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++DIS+'18+Proceedings+of+the+2018+Designing+Interactive+Systems+Conference.++(pp.+pp.+931-944).++ACM%3A+New+York%2C+NY%2C+USA.+(2018)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10059935%2F9%2FRogers_Confronting%2520people%2527s%2520fears%2520about%2520bats_Kaninsky%2520et%2520al%25202018%2520accepted%2520version.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10059935%2F&rft.rights=open