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Grand Challenges in Shape-Changing Interface Research

2018. Jason Alexander, Anne Roudaut, Jurgen Steimle, Kasper Hornbaek, Miguel Bruns, Sean Follmer & Timothy Merritt
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Shape-changing interfaces have emerged as a new method for interacting with computers, using dynamic changes in a device's physical shape for input and output. With the advances of research into shape-changing interfaces, we see a need to synthesize the main, open research questions. The purpose of this synthesis is to formulate common challenges across the diverse fields engaged in shape-change research, to facilitate progression from single prototypes and individual design explorations to grander scientific goals, and to draw attention to challenges that come with maturity, including those concerning ethics, theory-building, and societal impact. In this article we therefore present 12 grand challenges for research on shape-changing interfaces, derived from a three-day workshop with 25 shape-changing interface experts with backgrounds in design, computer science, human-computer interaction, engineering, robotics, and material science.

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Citation

Alexander, J., Roudaut, A., Steimle, J., Hornbaek, K., Bruns Alonso, M., Follmer, S., & Merritt, T. (2018). Grand challenges in shape-changing interface research. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–14). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173873, doi:10.1145/3173574.3173873

BibTeX

@inproceedings{10.1145/3173574.3173873,
author = {Alexander, Jason and Roudaut, Anne and Steimle, Jurgen and Hornbaek, Kasper and Bruns Alonso, Miguel and Follmer, Sean and Merritt, Timothy},
title = {Grand Challenges in Shape-Changing Interface Research},
year = {2018},
isbn = {9781450356206},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173873},
doi = {10.1145/3173574.3173873},
abstract = {Shape-changing interfaces have emerged as a new method for interacting with computers, using dynamic changes in a device's physical shape for input and output. With the advances of research into shape-changing interfaces, we see a need to synthesize the main, open research questions. The purpose of this synthesis is to formulate common challenges across the diverse fields engaged in shape-change research, to facilitate progression from single prototypes and individual design explorations to grander scientific goals, and to draw attention to challenges that come with maturity, including those concerning ethics, theory-building, and societal impact. In this article we therefore present 12 grand challenges for research on shape-changing interfaces, derived from a three-day workshop with 25 shape-changing interface experts with backgrounds in design, computer science, human-computer interaction, engineering, robotics, and material science.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
pages = {1–14},
numpages = {14},
keywords = {grand challenges, research agenda, shape-changing interfaces},
location = {Montreal QC, Canada},
series = {CHI '18}
}