Sensation: Sonifying the Urban Running Experience

Loes Van Renswouw; Jelle Neerhof; Steven Vos; Pieter van Wesemael; Carine Lallemand

doi:10.1145/3411763.3451788

Sensation: Sonifying the Urban Running Experience

Loes Van Renswouw
, Jelle Neerhof
, Steven Vos
, Pieter van Wesemael
, Carine Lallemand

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Abstract

Following the need to promote physical activity as a part of a healthy lifestyle, in this study we focus on encouraging more physical activity by improving the experience, with running as an example of a popular outdoor activity. Running in nature is often described as more pleasant and relaxing than running in the city, yet in urban environments it is difficult to integrate true nature in one's running route. To bridge this gap we designed Sensation, a sonified running track that provides sensations of nature using audio feedback. Sensation senses the footsteps of runners and produces synced sounds of footsteps in several nature environments to augment the urban landscape. This way, Sensation aims to enhance the environmental factors that contribute to the positive feelings people experience during a run. We report on insights gathered during our Research-through-Design process, as well as a preliminary user test of this sonified running track.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2021
Subtitle of host publication	Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Yoshifumi Kitamura, Aaron Quigley, Katherine Isbister
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450380959
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451788
Publication status	Published - 8 May 2021
Event	2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2021 - Virtual, Online, Yokohama, Japan Duration: 8 May 2021 → 13 May 2021 https://chi2021.acm.org/

Conference

Conference	2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2021
Abbreviated title	CHI 2021
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	8/05/21 → 13/05/21
Other	"Making Waves, Combining Strengths"
Internet address	https://chi2021.acm.org/

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

human-environment interaction
physical activity
Running experience
sonification
urban park

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Van Renswouw, L., Neerhof, J., Vos, S., van Wesemael, P., & Lallemand, C. (2021). Sensation: Sonifying the Urban Running Experience. In Y. Kitamura, A. Quigley, & K. Isbister (Eds.), CHI EA 2021: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-5). Article 405 Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451788

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Van Renswouw, L, Neerhof, J, Vos, S , van Wesemael, P & Lallemand, C 2021, Sensation: Sonifying the Urban Running Experience. in Y Kitamura, A Quigley & K Isbister (eds), CHI EA 2021: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 405, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., New York, pp. 1-5, 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2021, Yokohama, Japan, 8/05/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451788

Sensation: Sonifying the Urban Running Experience. / Van Renswouw, Loes; Neerhof, Jelle; Vos, Steven et al.
CHI EA 2021: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Yoshifumi Kitamura; Aaron Quigley; Katherine Isbister. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2021. p. 1-5 405.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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