Empowering people through technology is of increasing concern in the HCI community.
However, there are different interpretations of empowerment, which diverge substantially …

Serious games have become a key segment in the games market as well as in academic
research. Although the number of games that identify themselves as belonging to this …

We argue for deliberately and systematically creating uncomfortable interactions as part of
powerful cultural experiences. We identify the potential benefits of uncomfortable …

The idea of interactional trajectories through interfaces has emerged as a sensitizing
concept from recent studies of tangible interfaces and interaction in museums and galleries …

Exertion games require investing physical effort. The fact that such games can support
physical health is tempered by our limited understanding of how to design for engaging …

This article examines the ways in which information communication technology (ICT)
influences how contemporary families function, build relationships, and enjoy leisure. The …

Real-life escape rooms involve players being locked in a room where they have to solve
puzzles in order to escape. We conducted an observational and interview study with 38 …

We explore the approach of performance-led research in the wild in which artists drive the
creation of novel performances with the support of HCI researchers that are then deployed …

We review the current status of ethnography in systems design. We focus particularly on new
approaches to and understandings of ethnography that have emerged as the computer has …

In interaction design for experience-oriented uses of technology, a central facet of aesthetics
of interaction is rooted in the user's experience of herself “performing her perception.” By …