Aesthetics of Interaction Design for Environmental Awareness

• Main Authors: Yu-PinMa, 馬瑜嬪
• Other Authors: 鄭泰昇
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57280302150768085873

博士 === 國立成功大學 === 建築學系碩博士班 === 100 === Advances in ubiquitous computing technologies have intensified development in sensors and sensing software, which have led to advances in applications with interaction designs. A new generation of interaction design software uses voice recognition, gesture recognition, and virtual technology to seamlessly gather and analyze data. This has enabled the conceptualization of an environmental awareness system. Recently, sustainability has become important in all fields. Researchers are increasingly using Human-Computer Interactions (HCI) in the fields of energy, health, and sustainability. Green technology and environmental awareness are permeating people’s homes and lives. Currently, environmental awareness systems are focusing on interface design. Aesthetic experiences relating to users’ emotions and feelings are rarely tackled. A good environmental awareness system should, however, be equipped with several important features; providing tangible environmental data is merely one of these. It should draw attention and encompass the characteristics of being interesting, joyful, and aesthetically pleasing to enhance interaction experiences between users and sensing technologies. Interaction designs focusing on ease-of-use should, specifically, concentrate on the aesthetic experience. This thesis focuses on the aesthetic aspect of interaction designs. We are introducing an “Open Innovation Design” (OID) methodology based on user experiences and living experiments. An assessment technique was established to integrate both ease-of-use and joy-in-use. Through OID, users take part in enhancing the design, allowing exploration of technologies and aesthetics. Guided by these innovation principles, we use case studies to touch on platforms designed to incorporate Environmental Awareness Systems (EAS) and Smart Living (SL). With integrated environmental awareness media, space is transformed, aesthetically resulting in new user experiences fulfilling aesthetic desires in life. This study examines the following subjects: 1) “iAWN” prototypes that can detect air quality in the environment using EAS, 2) OID methodology using common objects as living experiments, and 3) establishing a design assessment technique based on user experiences of aesthetics. The architecture itself is a platform to integrate various systems around daily life. In the future, a Smart Living Service Network (SLSN) will be launched using an “iAWN” prototype or another living service system, leading to a living experiment network. Further research will be conducted to develop new interaction aesthetic theories. Additionally, various physical interfaces will be used to interact with “iAWN” prototypes, architectural practices, interior designs, and industrial designs to ensure an environmental awareness system closely integrated with living spaces.