TY - GEN TI - Creepy Technology: What Is It and How Do You Measure It? N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. Y1 - 2021/05// UR - https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445299 N2 - Interactive technologies are getting closer to our bodies and permeate the infrastructure of our homes. While such technologies offer many benefits, they can also cause an initial feeling of unease in users. It is important for Human-Computer Interaction to manage first impressions and avoid designing technologies that appear creepy. To that end, we developed the Perceived Creepiness of Technology Scale (PCTS), which measures how creepy a technology appears to a user in an initial encounter with a new artefact. The scale was developed based on past work on creepiness and a set of ten focus groups conducted with users from diverse backgrounds. We followed a structured process of analytically developing and validating the scale. The PCTS is designed to enable designers and researchers to quickly compare interactive technologies and ensure that they do not design technologies that produce initial feelings of creepiness in users. PB - ACM A1 - Wozniak, Pawel W A1 - Karolus, Jakob A1 - Lang, Florian A1 - Eckerth, Caroline A1 - Schoening, Johannes A1 - Rogers, Yvonne A1 - Niess, Jasmin KW - Science & Technology KW - Technology KW - Computer Science KW - Interdisciplinary Applications KW - Computer Science KW - Software Engineering KW - Computer Science KW - Theory & Methods KW - Computer Science KW - creepiness KW - creepy KW - first impression KW - evaluation KW - scale KW - questionnaire KW - perceived creepiness of technology scale KW - SCALE DEVELOPMENT ID - discovery10146011 AV - public ER -