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SomaTech: an exploratory interface for altering movement habits

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Grisha Coleman,

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CHI EA '14: CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2581339

Published: 26 April 2014 Publication History

Abstract

We propose SomaTech, a Kinect-based system that encourages users to expand understanding and awareness of their everyday movements. The system creates real-time auditory feedback based on the user's whole action, aiming toward re-education of habitual, potentially unsound movement patterns which are often ingrained within the brain. To do this, we draw inspiration from the field of somatics, which has well-studied prophylactic benefits. Our initial evaluation shows promising results that users become more aware of movement choices and are able to improve their efficiency after using the system.

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