CFP: Workshop Touch Affordances (Interact 2009)

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*Call for position papers - Workshop Touch Affordances - Interact 2009 -
August 25 - Uppsala - Sweden*

Website: http://www.touchaffordances.org

Increasingly, interfaces make use of the sense of touch as an input
mechanism (e.g. NFC phones, multi-touch tables, touch screens, tangible
interactions,…). Although in essence touch-based interfaces require very
simple user actions, many users are not familiar with such actions. As a
result, touch-based interfaces often do not trigger correct interactions.
This leads to the question of how to design simple, intuitive touch-based
interfaces. In most cases the interaction is made clear by adding (graphic)
signage. However, in this workshop, the concept of touch affordances will be
approached from a broader, creative perspective.

The goals of this workshop are to:
• start up a community around the topic of touch affordances
• create a common understanding of touch affordances
• generate new research ideas

The creative, generative workshop will have four sessions:
1. Keynote presentation by Timo Arnall and wrap-up of position papers
2. Introduction to creative part of the workshop and a brainstorm
exercise.
3. Group exercise: developing low-fi touch affordance prototypes
4. Prototype testing

Anyone interested in touch-based interfaces and interaction is invited to
participate. Participants are asked to submit a position paper (about 4
pages) about their work or vision related to the field of touch affordances..
Examples of relevant issues are:
• Methods to communicate touch-based interaction in an intuitive,
implicit way
• Success stories of intuitive touch interfaces
• The value of "touch" with regard to user perception
• The impact of a touch-related interface on user experience
For more information about the workshop and for submitting position papers,
please visit our website: http://www.touchaffordances.org.