Near-future Design and Kansei

Japanese CHI Symposium 2, Apr. 19 2015

Jun IioDept. of Socio-informatics

Faculty of LettersChuo University, JAPAN

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SIG-SciFi (SF-SIG)

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SIG-SciFi (SF-SIG)● Not an academic research group

– More than half of members are from industries– Common characteristics of members are 'SciFi

enthusiasts'

● It's aim– Pursuing novel idea of UI design and HCD

concept from the cases illustrated in thescenes of SciFi movies

● to utilize their own work in the future● to seek research idea

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SIG's activities1. Choose a movie2. Members point out

the scenes which areworth discussing

3. Discuss on the scenes– Comprehensive analysis

● top-down approach– Arrange scenes and

build a database● bottom-up approach

scenescene

scenescene

scene

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The idea on the scene database

designersdatabasemovies

Scenes which contain someimages of futuristicinterface designs arecollected and classified intoseveral hierarchicalcategories.

Designers refer thedatabase to get their newidea in their own designingwork.

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Example of scenes from 'Minority Report'

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NUI and culture● Factors in NUI are

strongly related tothe culture whereNUI is used– It also depends on

the culturalbackground ofusers (and theusers' Kansei?)

source: Fuji television

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Dependency on local cultures

source: http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2133536386030621501

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Dependency on local cultures

source: http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2133536386030621501

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Conclusions● We need to understand “Culture and

Kansei,” so that our activities in SF-SIG areimproved.

● Especially, understanding the Culture andKansei in foreign area should be required,if we would like to promote our results tothe world.