You have 5 seconds: Designing glanceable feedback for physical activity trackers

Rúben Gouveia; Fábio Pereira; Ana Caraban; Sean A. Munson; Evangelos Karapanos

doi:10.1145/2800835.2809437

You have 5 seconds: Designing glanceable feedback for physical activity trackers

Rúben Gouveia^*, Fábio Pereira, Ana Caraban, Sean A. Munson, Evangelos Karapanos

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

People engage with activity trackers in short sessions: over 70% are defined by glances - brief, 5-second sessions where individuals check ongoing activity levels with no further interaction. We explore how to best leverage such short sessions to maximize positive impact on behavior. To do so, we explore the design of Glanceable Behavioral Feedback Interfaces, focusing on three directions for design: increasing the frequency of glances, increasing the impact of glances on physical activity, and promoting moments of exploration and learning with activity trackers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	643-648
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450335751
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2809437
Publication status	Published - 7 Sep 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers - Osaka, Japan Duration: 7 Sep 2015 → 11 Sep 2015

Conference

Conference	ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Abbreviated title	UbiComp & ISWC
Country	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	7/09/15 → 11/09/15

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Keywords

Behavioral feedback interfaces
Engagement
Glanceable displays
Physical activity tracking

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Gouveia, R., Pereira, F., Caraban, A., Munson, S. A., & Karapanos, E. (2015). You have 5 seconds: Designing glanceable feedback for physical activity trackers. In UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 643-648). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2809437

Gouveia, Rúben ; Pereira, Fábio ; Caraban, Ana ; Munson, Sean A. ; Karapanos, Evangelos. / You have 5 seconds : Designing glanceable feedback for physical activity trackers. UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2015. pp. 643-648

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UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2015. p. 643-648.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Gouveia R, Pereira F, Caraban A, Munson SA, Karapanos E. You have 5 seconds: Designing glanceable feedback for physical activity trackers. In UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2015. p. 643-648 https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2809437

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