Children's haptic experiences of tangible artifacts varying in hardness

J.J.M. Kierkels; E.A.W.H. Hoven, van den

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Children's haptic experiences of tangible artifacts varying in hardness

J.J.M. Kierkels, E.A.W.H. Hoven, van den

Signal Processing Systems

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In this paper we describe our investigations on the role of material hardness in the haptic experience of tangible artifacts. Without seeing the artifacts children had to rank their experience on a scale of two antonyms while touching and holding these artifacts. In this experiment it was shown that children have no problem ranking hardness. Two groups could be identified: soft artifacts were found to be cute, speedy and warm, e.g., and hard artifacts boring, sad and old-fashioned. We think that paying attention to this factor in the design of tangible user interfaces for children can improve their experience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges (NordiCHI 2008), October 20-22, Lund, Sweden
Editors	A. Gulz, C. Magnusson, L. Malmborg, H. Eftring, B. Jönsson, K. Tollmar
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	221-228
ISBN (Print)	978-1-59593-704-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1463160.1463184
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	5th Nordic conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2008 - Lund, Sweden Duration: 20 Oct 2008 → 22 Oct 2008 Conference number: 5

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	358

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Conference	5th Nordic conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2008
Abbreviated title	NordiCHI 2008
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Lund
Period	20/10/08 → 22/10/08

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Kierkels, J. J. M., & Hoven, van den, E. A. W. H. (2008). Children's haptic experiences of tangible artifacts varying in hardness. In A. Gulz, C. Magnusson, L. Malmborg, H. Eftring, B. Jönsson, & K. Tollmar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges (NordiCHI 2008), October 20-22, Lund, Sweden (pp. 221-228). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 358). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/1463160.1463184

Kierkels, J.J.M. ; Hoven, van den, E.A.W.H. / Children's haptic experiences of tangible artifacts varying in hardness. Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges (NordiCHI 2008), October 20-22, Lund, Sweden. editor / A. Gulz ; C. Magnusson ; L. Malmborg ; H. Eftring ; B. Jönsson ; K. Tollmar. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2008. pp. 221-228 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Kierkels, JJM & Hoven, van den, EAWH 2008, Children's haptic experiences of tangible artifacts varying in hardness. in A Gulz, C Magnusson, L Malmborg, H Eftring, B Jönsson & K Tollmar (eds), Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges (NordiCHI 2008), October 20-22, Lund, Sweden. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 358, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, pp. 221-228, 5th Nordic conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2008, Lund, Sweden, 20/10/08. https://doi.org/10.1145/1463160.1463184

Children's haptic experiences of tangible artifacts varying in hardness. / Kierkels, J.J.M.; Hoven, van den, E.A.W.H.
Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges (NordiCHI 2008), October 20-22, Lund, Sweden. ed. / A. Gulz; C. Magnusson; L. Malmborg; H. Eftring; B. Jönsson; K. Tollmar. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2008. p. 221-228 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 358).

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Kierkels JJM, Hoven, van den EAWH. Children's haptic experiences of tangible artifacts varying in hardness. In Gulz A, Magnusson C, Malmborg L, Eftring H, Jönsson B, Tollmar K, editors, Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges (NordiCHI 2008), October 20-22, Lund, Sweden. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2008. p. 221-228. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/1463160.1463184

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