Interaction
design
Expressing affect through ambient lighting:
Exploring user interaction in an office environment.
Abstract—In this paper, we look at how emotion recognition technology expressed through ambient lighting engage users in ludic activity in a shared office space. To accomplish this, we propose a portable device that recognizes six primary human emotions and maps them to a representative color expressed through ambient lighting. We examine how users choose to interact with the device by conducting observations in the field. We also consider and discuss if privacy issues concerning facial recognition technology influence the user’s decision to engage in playful interaction. Findings show that the prototype invoked curiosity and engaged users into playful exploration the device. The research shows the potential for future work and development towards new use cases within fields related to mood awareness, aesthetics, and other emotion-based HCI applications.
