Lab+5

Bodystorming is a technique used in interactive design whereby the point is to imagine what it would be like if a product existed. Bodystorming is a concept that has been used in different aspects, one of its major contributions is integrating various concepts or disabilities into a product to experience the way the product would work with someone who has a disability whether it has to do with vision, hearing, walking, feeling or speaking. It is the literal meaning of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. Visual Impairment – blindness: The participant felt disoriented and dependant also reported a heightened use of sense sand relied on them heavily to make decisions from previous experience. Multisensory information helped a great deal especially with normal everyday tasks such as getting into an elevator, the sound and the feel of the buttons for example helped the participant complete the task. Cognitive- ADD: The participant found it difficult to concentrate on the task at hand and felt frustrated by the continuous failure at this task. These negatively impacted the participant by lowering his self esteem. It is best to use clear narration to assist the user and present enjoyable yet challenging activities to improve attention Motor-chronic arthritis: The participant reported a constant fear of injury which made the participant apprehensive even if the task at hand was simple and automatic. Also body temperature rose from exerting more energy which created more anxiety. From this experiment, the researchers concluded that speech recognition systems should be further researched to improve interactions and empower the user. Also using accessible routes plays a key factor in these situations as well as intangible objects composed of safe material s to decrease the fear of the participants. Back to Carine's Personal Page