Laia Turmo Vidal

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Taking a Walk on the Wild Side: Effects of Walking in Synchrony with Pitch-Altered Footstep Sounds on Body Perception in Outside the Lab Contexts

The 'Footsteps Illusion' shows that pitch-altering footstep sounds in real-time affects body perception, gait, and emotion: high versus low frequencies evoke a lighter versus heavier body. We tested whether this illusion extends beyond the lab, where environmental factors matter. Using a mixed-methods approach, twenty…

CHI '262nd AuthorHonorable MentionTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +3

Aesthetics of Felt Asymmetry

Our bodies mediate every interaction with technology, yet—as soma design and feminist HCI remind us—the body is not a neutral canvas. We introduce and examine felt asymmetries—somaesthetic experiences of difference in the body—as a site for generative and critical engagement in interaction design. Through an autobiogr…

DIS '251st AuthorVibrotactile Feedback & Skin Stimulation +2

Temporal Trajectories: Characterizing Somatic Experiences that Unfold Over Time

The body technologies we design profoundly influence our somatic experiences, yet they are often evaluated through short-term or one-off studies. To design for sustained, longer-term engagements, we need to understand how somatic experiences evolve when people repeatedly interact with the same technology over time. Wi…

CHI '251st AuthorTelemedicine & Remote Patient Monitoring +1

Towards Personalized Physiotherapy through Interactive Machine Learning: A Conceptual Infrastructure Design for In-Clinic and Out-of-Clinic Support

Machine learning (ML) is increasingly used in healthcare practices, due to its potential to support personalization, diagnostic and prediction, automatization, and increase effectiveness. In physiotherapy, most existing ML solutions suggest replacing the physiotherapist, neglecting the complexity of their skills and p…

CHI '254th AuthorHonorable MentionCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +2

Toward Feminist Ways of Sensing the Menstruating Body

Bodily fluids associated with the menstruating body are often disregarded in the design of menstrual-tracking technologies despite their potential to provide valuable knowledge about the menstrual cycle. We prototyped a finger-worn sensor that measures vaginal fluid conductivity, which fluctuates throughout the cycle,…

DIS '241st AuthorShape-Changing Interfaces & Soft Robotic Materials +1

Body Sensations as Design Material: An Approach to Design Sensory Technology for Altering Body Perception

Sensory technologies alter how we perceive our body, which can have profound implications for multiple domains. Prior work has contributed a myriad of artefacts and evaluative studies, but we still lack design knowledge to design meaningful body perception alterations facilitated by sensory technologies. To address th…

DIS '242nd AuthorHaptic Wearables +2

Movits: a Minimalist Toolkit for Embodied Sketching

We present the design and evaluation of the Movits, a minimalist toolkit for embodied sketching design explorations. The toolkit includes technology probes featuring minimalist wearable digital units that support the hands-on exploration and design of movement-driven interactions using multisensory feedback. The Movit…

CHI '243rd AuthorVibrotactile Feedback & Skin Stimulation +2

SoniWeight Shoes: Investigating Effects and Personalization of a Wearable Sound Device for Altering Body Perception, Behavior and Emotion

Changes in body perception influence behavior and emotion and can be induced through multisensory feedback. Auditory feedback to one's actions can trigger such alterations; however, it is unclear which individual factors modulate these effects. We employ and evaluate SoniWeight Shoes, a wearable device based on litera…

CHI '244th AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +2

Grand Challenges in SportsHCI

The field of Sports Human-Computer Interaction (SportsHCI) investigates interaction design to support a physically active human being. Despite growing interest and dissemination of SportsHCI literature over the past years, many publications still focus on solving specific problems in a given sport. We believe in the b…

DIS '233rd AuthorFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +1

Design Resources in Movement-based Design Methods: a Practice-based Characterization

Movement-based design methods are increasingly adopted to help design rich embodied experiences. While there are well-known methods in the field, there is no systematic overview to help designers choose among them, adapt them, or create their own. We collected 41 methods used by movement design researchers and employe…

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