On and Out-of-Body Interactions & Experiences
COM3 Level 2
MR21, COM3 02-61
Abstract:
Mobile devices have become ubiquitous to our everyday life, changing the way we behave, interact with technology and with one another. While initially carried in our hands and pockets, mobile technologies are changing form to fit our lifestyles, enabling interactions on-body (e.g., wearables) and out-of-body (e.g., robots and drones). Yet, much work is needed for them to make sense of complex human situations and enable symbiotic integration of human and machine. My research explores the design, development, and evaluation of natural techniques for on- and out-of-body experience, using a human-centered approach, and exploring diverse form factors and modalities towards human-machine co-existence. In this talk, I will present how we can leverage techniques at the intersection between technology and design to build novel interaction techniques. I will then highlight how interfaces are traditionally bound by form factor, so that on-body ones cater for wearables that remain on the person’s body while out-of-body interfaces are built to interact at arm’s reach. Finally, I will describe opportunities for future technology development by transitioning between the two states, therefore enabling novel applications, such as extending one’s physical abilities.
Bio:
Prof. Jessica Cauchard is a full professor for Embodied Intelligent Interaction at TU Wien, Austria. Her research is rooted in the fields of Human-Computer and Human-Robot Interaction with a focus on novel interaction techniques and ubiquitous computing. She is passionate by how technology is changing how we interact with our world and with one another, and her research aims at designing intelligent systems that can co-exist with humans. Previously, she was a faculty member in the department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where she founded and headed the Magic Lab; and in the department of Computer Science at Reichman University. Dr. Cauchard received her PhD in Computer Science at the University of Bristol, UK in 2013 and worked as a postdoctoral scholar at Cornell Tech and Stanford University.