Abstract:
This paper presents concepts to extend our understandings
of bodily aspects of technology interactions. The aim of the
paper is to offer a way of looking at the role our haptic and
kinaesthetic senses play in experiencing tangibles. We
approach this issue by framing it around how our bodies
establish relationships with things. Four themes body-thing
dialogue, potential for action, actions in space (consisting
of within-reach, out-of-reach) and movement expression are
introduced. We discuss the role these themes can play in
our thinking about, and exploration for, tangible and nontangible
technology interactions. The idea is that these
themes can help us consider, not just how a design or a
technology might look, but also how it might feel to use.
