Embodied Interaction and User Experience: Interactive, 3D Graphics in Procedural Instructions

This proposal describes the collection of data from observing a new mediation method for procedural information. The mediation is accomplished with experimental software designed by the researchers, called SphereViewcopy. Examined will be the user effects of delivering information virtually, via a human-computer interaction (HCI) with interactive, 3D graphics, as they follow that information in an assembly task. We follow a protocol informed by situated action, to observe individual users performing purposeful action, in situ. The distribution of user angular preferences will be compared to angles prescribed from relevant literature (Heiser and Tversky, 2004; Agrawala et al., 2003; Heiser et al., 2002; Blanz et al., 1996). Data about user preferences for graphical angles may re-inform 2D presentation of information. Finally, visual data may inform us about the users' experience of reading to do something