Uncomfortable User Experience.

The article discusses the engineering of discomfort as a means to engage computer user experience by integrating perspectives from human-computer interaction and performance studies. Topics covered include a way for designers to employ visceral and cultural discomfort, effects of uncomfortable inter...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 9; pp. 66 - 74
Autores principales:	BENFORD, STEVE, GREENHALGH, CHRIS, GIANNACHI, GABRIELLA, WALKER, BRENDAN, MARSHALL, JOE, RODDEN, TOM
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Sep2013
Materias:	Human-computer interaction Affective computing Human-machine relationship Interactive computer systems Interaction design (Human-computer interaction) Computer users
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Sumario:	The article discusses the engineering of discomfort as a means to engage computer user experience by integrating perspectives from human-computer interaction and performance studies. Topics covered include a way for designers to employ visceral and cultural discomfort, effects of uncomfortable interaction on users, the involvement of a tradition of discomfort in the arts, the prototype amusement park ride called Breathless and the primary forms of discomfort, It also discusses ethical challenges posed by discomfort.