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GazeAway: Designing for Gaze Aversion Experiences

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Nathalie Overdevest,

Rakesh Patibanda,

Elise Van Den Hoven,

Florian ‘Floyd’ MuellerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 177, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3650771

Published: 11 May 2024 Publication History

Abstract

Gaze aversion is embedded in our behaviour: we look at a blank area to support remembering and creative thinking, and as a social cue that we are thinking. We hypothesise that a person's gaze aversion experience can be mediated through technology, in turn supporting embodied cognition. In this design exploration we present six ideas for interactive technologies that mediate the gaze aversion experience. One of these ideas we developed into “GazeAway”: a prototype that swings a screen into the wearer's field of vision when they perform gaze aversion. Six participants experienced the prototype and based on their interviews, we found that GazeAway changed their gaze aversion experience threefold: increased awareness of gaze aversion behaviour, novel cross-modal perception of gaze aversion behaviour, and changing gaze aversion behaviour to suit social interaction. We hope that ultimately, our design exploration offers a starting point for the design of gaze aversion experiences.

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Index Terms

GazeAway: Designing for Gaze Aversion Experiences
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3656156.3665136
Patibanda ROverdevest NSaini ALi ZAndres JKnibbe Jvan den Hoven EMueller F(2024)Exploring Shared Bodily Control: Designing Augmented Human Systems for Intra- and Inter-CorporealityProceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference 202410.1145/3652920.3653037(318-323)Online publication date: 4-Apr-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3652920.3653037

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