Muhammad Umair

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Exploring Personalized Vibrotactile and Thermal Patterns for Affect Regulation

The growing HCI interest in wellbeing has led to the emerging area of haptics for affect regulation. In such technologies, distinct haptic patterns are usually designed by researchers; however, current work provides a limited reflection on the rationale for the implemented patterns or the choice of haptic modality. We…

CHI '215th+ AuthorHonorable MentionFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input

Articulating Soma Experiences using Trajectories

In this paper, we reflect on the applicability of the concept of trajectories to soma design. Soma design is a first-person design method which considers users' subjective somatic or bodily experiences of a design. Due to bodily changes over time, soma experiences are inherently temporal. Current instruments for artic…

DIS '201st AuthorForce Feedback & Pseudo-Haptic Weight +2

ThermoPixels: Toolkit for Personalizing Arousal-based Interfaces through Hybrid Crafting

Much research has shown the potential of affective interfaces for reflection on, and understanding of bodily responses. Yet, people find it difficult to engage with, and understand their biodata which they have limited prior experience with. Building on affective interfaces and material-centered design, we developed T…

DIS '20CorrespondingCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +1

ManneqKit: A Kinesthetic Empathic Design Tool for Communicating Depression Experiences through Postures and Vignettes

While depression is a mood disorder with significant societal impact, the experiences of people living with depression are yet not easy to access. HCI’s tenet to understand users, particularly addressed by the empathic design approach, has prioritized verbal communication of such experiences. We introduce ManneqKit, a…

CHI '205th+ AuthorFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +1

From Biodata to Somadata

Biosensing technologies are increasingly available as off-the-shelf products, yet for many designers, artists and non-engineers, these technologies remain difficult to design with. Through a soma design stance, we devised a novel approach for exploring qualities in biodata. Our explorative process culminated in the de…

CHI '195th+ AuthorHonorable MentionMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities

HCI and Affective Health: Taking stock of a decade of studies and charting future research directions

In the last decade, the number of articles on HCI and health has increased dramatically. We extracted 139 papers on depression, anxiety and bipolar health issues from 10 years of SIGCHI conference proceedings. 72 of these were published in the last two years. A systematic analysis of this growing body of literature re…

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