Introduction to the special issue on movement-based interaction

摘要

We are pleased to present this special issue of the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing on movement-based interaction. In this special issue we aim to bring together work on human-centred approaches to understanding movement-based interaction and the design of technology to support this form of interaction. Many terms have been used to describe this area, to mention just a few—physical interaction, embodied interaction, graspable interfaces, tangible interfaces, embodied interfaces, physical computing and interactive spaces. Each area has a somewhat different orientation, but is covering closely related areas. Related research is also taking place in areas such as product design, fashion design, and interactive art, and under the umbrellas of ubiquitous computing, and mixed, virtual and augmented reality. For this introduction and this special issue, we use the term movement-based interaction, as it focuses more explicitly on the interaction rather than the interface. We also wanted to stretch the field of inquiry by focusing on the moving body in the interaction, an integral part in any interaction, but even more so in the extended design space which these new interactions enable. Research effort in this area of human-computer interaction (HCI) is also seeing a growing number of conferences, workshops and publications dedicated to its topics. We hope this special issue will encourage researchers and practitioners in the field to think further about the role of the body, and how bodily movement can and should be used in real use contexts; the body has yet to receive this type of dedicated attention in HCI.