As the number of gesture, movement and body-based interfaces increases, it strikes me that there is a need for documenting and analyzing these interactions from a body-centric perspective.
Yet, I can find very few instances where a somatic or movement analysis and notation system such as Laban Movement Analysis is used to better understand these interactions. Here's an introduction to Laban Movement Analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laban_Movement_Analysis Here are my two questions: 1) To what extent are you specifically studying how the body (or specific parts of the body) move to interact with different gesture and body-based interfaces? If you are, what frameworks are you using for this analysis? 2) To what extent are you gathering and analyzing information about the experience of movement from the user's perspective? For example, what are the emotional, psychological and physiological states of the user as he or she interacts with different interfaces? I look forward to your thoughts about this topic. Best, Doug Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greatdance.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
