Exploring diminished reality (DR) spaces to augment the attention of individuals with autism
Paper in proceeding, 2015

The emerging paradigm of attentive user interfaces (AUI) focuses on solutions for optimizing human-computer interaction to meet users' needs while also regulating human-human communication by orienting attention or filtering communication. Using a similar approach, we believe that AUIs may benefit attention disorder challenges of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who are adversely affected by continuously changing surroundings or distracting visual incidents even when no technologies are involved. With this perspective, we carried out eight participative design workshops with interaction designers and ASD domain experts aiming to explore possible AUI solutions for ASD individuals. Interestingly, these studies yielded a novel AUI concept consisting of a mirror-like wall interface filtering out irrelevant visual information from real-time capture of a space. This paper presents some future applications of DR and discusses related human factors. A contribution of this paper is early insights from the set of eight workshops.

Augmented attention

Attention disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Diminished Reality (DR)

Attentive User Interface (AUI)

Author

A.E. Yantaç

Koç University

D. Çorlu

Koç University

Morten Fjeld

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers), Interaction design

Andreas Kunz

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Workshops, ISMARW 2015

68-73
9781467384711 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Human Computer Interaction

DOI

10.1109/ISMARW.2015.21

ISBN

9781467384711

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