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Tangible user interfaces for configuration practices

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In this paper, we present a project in which we explored interactional possibilities for designing a tangible configuration interface as an alternative to conventional input devices in the field of industrial refrigeration maintenance. Based on ethnographic field studies and design workshops, we built three prototypes of configuration interfaces. Each interface was built and used to explore issues that are dealt with by users in their everyday work practice, namely collaborative sense-making of complex system, manipulation of interdependent and fluid digital material, and anticipating future changes through situated learning.

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TEI '07: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction
February 2007
296 pages
ISBN:9781595936196
DOI:10.1145/1226969
  • Conference Chairs:
  • Brygg Ullmer,
  • Albrecht Schmidt
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  1. industrial configuration
  2. refrigeration technicians
  3. system maintenance
  4. tangible user interface
  5. user supportive
  6. work practice

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  • (2021)Tangible Lighting Proxies: Brokering the Transition from Classroom to StageProceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3430524.3440659(1-13)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2021
  • (2017)Re-Introducing Physical User Interfaces into Industrial Control RoomsProceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics10.1145/3121283.3121295(162-168)Online publication date: 19-Sep-2017
  • (2011)A mobile system for industrial maintenance support based on embodied interactionProceedings of the fifth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction10.1145/1935701.1935737(181-188)Online publication date: 22-Jan-2011

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