More-than-human approaches to HCI design research have gained traction in recent years, facilitating a need to employ new methods that decenter the human perspective. We propose live-action roleplay (larp), as a method and practice within HCI that can ...

We are excited to present PACM HCI's 2024 issue on games and play research, which contains 63 original and highly relevant articles covering the entire spectrum of HCI games research. As in the previous year, we used three recommendations ' 'Accept with ...

The last two years of 2023 and 2024 has seen massive layoffs in the video game industry. Many games studios laid off a considerable percentage of their work force or closed all together. While the reasons and effects of these layoffs have been ...

As autonomous vehicles (AVs) emerge as new agents in traffic, it becomes imperative to understand how they can be introduced effectively and acceptably. AVs enter existing socio-technical systems, where members of various social communities are already ...

Information technologies promise to make products and services more efficient and sustainable, yet the ICT industry has a substantial ecological footprint that is only expected to grow. This calls for actions beyond improving product efficiency. To this ...

Ubiquitous computing technologies have been developed to identify and intervene on mental health symptoms, but these technologies have limited uptake in clinical care. Recent work in human-computer interaction (HCI) and digital mental health has ...

How can we ensure that Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) research outcomes are ethical, fair, and robust? While fairness in machine learning (ML) has gained traction in recent years, it remains unexplored, or sometimes an afterthought, in the context of ...

Running is a widely practiced sport, and technology is a prominent aspect of the experience. Runners often utilize music, tracking applications, and wearable sensors like heart rate monitors. Engaging with these systems while moving presents specific ...

We explore the design of a watch that can deliver notifications through shape changes, with a specific focus on changes in curvature at the back of the watch face. We explain our design choices and the challenges we faced while creating such a watch. We ...

Motivations: Recent research has emerged on generally how to improve AI products’ human-AI interaction (HAI) user experience (UX), but relatively little is known about HAI-UX inclusivity. For example, what kinds of users are supported, and who are left ...

This paper explores the intersection of emotional hermeneutics and artificial intelligence (AI), examining the challenges and potential of integrating deep emotional understanding into AI systems. Drawing on Wilhelm Dilthey’s distinction between "...

The diffusion of Internet-enabled devices (e.g., smartphones, game consoles, virtual reality (VR) headset, etc.) among adolescents and children has raised several concerns about users’ safety, as well as about their awareness on potential online ...

Despite well-designed curriculum materials, teachers often face significant challenges in their implementation due to the diverse learning needs present in classrooms. This paper examines whether and how Large Language Models (LLMs) can be leveraged to ...

Writing utterances to train conversational agents can be a challenging and time-consuming task, and usually requires substantial expertise, meaning that novices face a steep learning curve. We investigated whether novices could be guided to produce ...

Recent research has begun to assess people’s perceptions of voice user interfaces (VUIs) as dialogue partners, termed partner models. Current self-report measures are only available in English, limiting research to English-speaking users. To improve the ...

Reading and interpreting error messages are significant aspects of a software developer's work. Despite the importance and prevalence of error messages, especially for novices, SQL compiler error messages from various relational database management ...

Technology has become increasingly embedded throughout our lives and rapid technological innovation promises even more uses of future technologies. In fact, much of how technology is designed and sold to consumers centers around its usability. We relate ...

Design research and HCI increasingly explore techno-spirituality. We investigated Sufi practices of group zikr, a ritual practice of remembrance of God. We focus on zikr groups that offer online or hybrid participation. We conducted a qualitative study ...

In the realm of data science, the critical phases of data pre-processing and exploratory data analysis (EDA) play a fundamental role in ensuring the quality of data for downstream processes. However, these phases often present formidable ...

In today’s era of rapid AI development, a bunch of AI-based products and services are being implemented, reshaping various industries with its transformative power. In recent years, In the field of AI digital beings, Chinese researchers have ...