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LOOP: Exploring Physicalization of Activity Tracking Data

Sauvé, K; Bakker, S; Marquardt, N; Houben, S; (2020) LOOP: Exploring Physicalization of Activity Tracking Data. In: NordiCHI '20: Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society. (pp. p. 52). ACM: Association for Computing Machinery: Talinn, Estonia. Green open access

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Abstract

Wearables, mobile devices and Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors are enabling us to monitor our environment, understand our social connections, and track our personal health. However, most of these systems communicate data through information visualizations that are often 'hidden' inside devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, requiring users to undertake explicit actions to reveal them. Novel interfaces and devices embedded in people's everyday life have the potential to help users visualize, use, and appropriate their collected personal data. To this end, we designed the physical artifact LOOP, which provides an abstract visualization of the user's activity data by changing its shape. In this paper, we elaborate on the design and present a one-week field study in which LOOP was deployed in the homes of five end-users. We found that the physical presence of LOOP facilitated reflection and the layered visualization supported various personal tracking.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: LOOP: Exploring Physicalization of Activity Tracking Data
Event: NordiCHI '20: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society
ISBN-13: 9781450375795
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1145/3419249.3420109
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3419249.3420109
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Physical Visualization, Ambient Information Systems, ShapeChanging Interfaces, Self-Tracking
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10115987
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