Blogs
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Democratizing game authoring: A key to inclusive freedom of expression in the metaverse
Amir Reza Asadi Posted: Thu, November 16, 2023 - 2:03:00
As we approach the metaverse, a sociotechnical future where people consume huge amounts of information in 3D formats, the significance of game development tools, including both game-engine and digital-content-creation tools,…
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Psychological privacy: How perceptual publicity can support perceived publicity
Wee Kiat Lau, Lisa Valentina Eberhardt , Marian Sauter, Anke Huckauf Posted: Mon, October 23, 2023 - 10:45:00
Picture this: Sitting in his kitchen, young Tim chuckles at the recent misfortune of neighbors who fell prey to burglars. At the same time, he’s enthusiastically experimenting with a banking…
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Seven heuristics for identifying proper UX instruments and metrics
Maximilian Speicher Posted: Tue, September 19, 2023 - 11:09:00
In the two previous articles of this series, we have first learned that metrics such as conversion rate, average order value, or Net Promoter Score are not suitable to reliably…
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Toward a consensus on research transparency for HCI
Florian Echtler, Lonni Besançon , Jan Vornhagen, Chat Wacharamanotham Posted: Fri, August 25, 2023 - 11:15:00
During the past few years, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented amount of research being conducted and published in a very short timeframe to successfully analyze SARS-COV-2, its…
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Toward a mindful designer: Mindfulness as an essential skill for interaction designers
Jia Shen Posted: Tue, August 22, 2023 - 1:07:00
As digital technology designers, our role has never been more crucial than it is now. Decades of technological and commercial advancements have brought computing from research labs to business offices,…
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Privacy and ethics concerns using UX research platforms
Michal Luria Posted: Wed, July 26, 2023 - 3:03:00
Remote user experience (UX) research is not a new phenomenon [1], but the pandemic has accelerated it, necessitating the adaptation of traditionally face-to-face methods to work remotely [2]. The past…
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AI superpowers and the human element: Implications for researchers
Rojin Vishkaie Posted: Thu, July 06, 2023 - 12:04:00
Does our future have researchers who are robots? Are computers going to become so smart that they can boss these researchers around? And, if robots and computers can accomplish everything,…
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Why codesigning AI is different and difficult
Malak Sadek, Rafael Calvo, Céline Mougenot Posted: Tue, June 27, 2023 - 12:04:00
It is estimated that 98 percent of the population are novices with regard to technology (excluding extremes such as infants) [1]. It is this 98 percent, however, that form the…
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Hidden in plain sight: Discreet user interfaces
Kyle Boyd, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Karen Kirby, Susan Lagdon, Becca Hume Posted: Thu, June 08, 2023 - 3:49:00
Do you feel safe when you travel alone? That was a question I asked my girlfriend (now wife) as we took a trip on a relatively empty train when I…
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Happily technology free
Linnea Öhlund Posted: Mon, May 15, 2023 - 10:28:00
My grandma recently passed. At the age of 88 she went to sleep never to wake up again. She lived a long, happy life, and had two sons, six grandchildren,…
