Magical experiences in interaction design

ABSTRACT

This paper is a description of design experiments performed to investigate the use of magical experiences in interaction design of consumer electronics. Magical experiences are usually associated with a passive audience watching a magician, but it is interesting to see if interaction can also be a magical experience. Using inspiration from stage magic, industrial design, the consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen, and related research in interaction design a set of key topics for developing magical experiences are proposed. The key topics are used to develop three design experiments. The design experiments are tested and the results are analyzed and discussed.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  A. General Literature
  A.0 GENERAL

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)