Soundscape Streaming and Visualization for HCI Design
Invited paper
Center for Spatial Information Science
Tuesday 2 june, 2015, 17:00 - 17:20
0.6 Madrid (49)
Abstract:
Currently, human-computer interaction (HCI) is primarily focused on human-centric
interactions; however, people experience many nonhuman-centric interactions during
the course of a day. Interactions with nature, such as experiencing the sounds of
birds or trickling water, can imprint the beauty of nature in our memories. In
this context, this paper presents an interface design of such nonhuman
interactions to observe people’s reaction to the interactions through an
imaginable interaction within a soundscape. This novel interactive system can
create an imaginable presence of the wildlife in the undeveloped natural locations
through HCI. The results indicate that users take the reflection of the sound as a
cue that triggers the nonlinguistic believability in the form of the mythological
metaphor of t the wildlife. This experience of believable interaction in an
augmented reality between a human and nature gave the users an imaginable presence
of wildlife with a high degree of excitement. This paper describes the development
and integration of nonhuman-centric design protocols, requirements, methods, and
context evaluation.