TY - GEN
T1 - Capturing prolonged interactive experiences
T2 - 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, DPPI 2013
AU - Huang, Chung Ching
AU - Stolterman, Erik
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Each user of interactive systems experiences prolonged engagement with applications, products and systems. Because of limitations of contemporary long-term user research methods and imperfection in human memory, approaches for longitudinal user experience are still under-explored. In this paper, we review a recent methodological shift in user research aimed at applying visual approaches to the capturing of prolonged interactive use. We analyze and discuss selected examples of existing visual approaches that support the examination of longitudinal use and represent and visualize changes in interactions. We discuss potential merits of visual approaches for user experience longitudinal research. We also discuss the drawbacks of these approaches. Overall, we argue that visual approaches have the potential to support certain aspects of user experience research, especially in relation to issues concerning temporality.
AB - Each user of interactive systems experiences prolonged engagement with applications, products and systems. Because of limitations of contemporary long-term user research methods and imperfection in human memory, approaches for longitudinal user experience are still under-explored. In this paper, we review a recent methodological shift in user research aimed at applying visual approaches to the capturing of prolonged interactive use. We analyze and discuss selected examples of existing visual approaches that support the examination of longitudinal use and represent and visualize changes in interactions. We discuss potential merits of visual approaches for user experience longitudinal research. We also discuss the drawbacks of these approaches. Overall, we argue that visual approaches have the potential to support certain aspects of user experience research, especially in relation to issues concerning temporality.
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U2 - 10.1145/2513506.2513516
DO - 10.1145/2513506.2513516
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887350502
SN - 9781450321921
T3 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, DPPI 2013
SP - 86
EP - 95
BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, DPPI 2013
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 3 September 2013 through 5 September 2013
ER -