Visions, Values, and Videos: Revisiting Envisionings in Service of UbiComp Design for the Home

Nilsson, Tommy; Fischer, Joel E.; Crabtree, Andy; Goulden, Murray; Spence, Jocelyn; Costanza, Enrico

Abstract

UbiComp has been envisioned to bring about a future dominated by calm computing technologies making our everyday lives ever more convenient. Yet the same vision has also attracted criticism for encouraging a solitary and passive lifestyle. The aim of this paper is to explore and elaborate these tensions further by examining the human values surrounding future domestic UbiComp solutions. Drawing on envisioning and contravisioning, we probe members of the public (N=28) through the presentation and focus group discussion of two contrasting animated video scenarios, where one is inspired by 'calm' and the other by 'engaging' visions of future UbiComp technology. By analysing the reasoning of our participants, we identify and elaborate a number of relevant values involved in balancing the two perspectives. In conclusion, we articulate practically applicable takeaways in the form of a set of key design questions and challenges.

Citation

Nilsson, T., Fischer, J. E., Crabtree, A., Goulden, M., Spence, J., & Costanza, E. (2020, July). Visions, Values, and Videos: Revisiting Envisionings in Service of UbiComp Design for the Home. Presented at DIS '20: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2020, Eindhoven Netherlands

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: DIS '20: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2020
• Start Date: Jul 6, 2020
• End Date: Jul 10, 2020
• Acceptance Date: Apr 15, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jul 3, 2020
• Publication Date: Jul 3, 2020
• Deposit Date: May 14, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 3, 2020
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 827–839
• Book Title: DIS '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
• ISBN: 9781450369749
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395476
• Keywords: Author Keywords Contravision; Design Fiction; Envisioning; Food Technology; Scenarios; Smart Home; UbiComp; Values in Design; Videos CCS Concepts; Human-centered computing; Scenario-based design; Human computer interaction (HCI); Empirical studies in HCI
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4436556
• Publisher URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3357236.3395476
• Related Public URLs: https://dis.acm.org/2020/