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author Mueller, Florian 'Floyd'
Bianchi-Berthouze, Nadia
Sra, Misha
Gonzalez-Franco, Mar
Pohl, Henning
Boll, Susanne
Byrne, Richard
Caetano, Arthur
Inami, Masahiko
Knibbe, Jarrod
Kristensson, Per Ola
Li, Xiang
Li, Zhuying
Marshall, Joe
Matjeka, Louise Petersen
Nygren, Minna
Patibanda, Rakesh
Price, Sara
Reiterer, Harald
Saini, Aryan
Schneider, Oliver
Shahu, Ambika
Dugas, Phoebe O. Toups
Elvitigala, Don Samitha
author_facet Mueller, Florian 'Floyd'
Bianchi-Berthouze, Nadia
Sra, Misha
Gonzalez-Franco, Mar
Pohl, Henning
Boll, Susanne
Byrne, Richard
Caetano, Arthur
Inami, Masahiko
Knibbe, Jarrod
Kristensson, Per Ola
Li, Xiang
Li, Zhuying
Marshall, Joe
Matjeka, Louise Petersen
Nygren, Minna
Patibanda, Rakesh
Price, Sara
Reiterer, Harald
Saini, Aryan
Schneider, Oliver
Shahu, Ambika
Dugas, Phoebe O. Toups
Elvitigala, Don Samitha
contents Advances in emerging technologies, such as on-body mechanical actuators and electrical muscle stimulation, have allowed computers to take control over our bodies. This presents opportunities as well as challenges, raising fundamental questions about agency and the role of our bodies when interacting with technology. To advance this research field as a whole, we brought together expert perspectives in a week-long seminar to articulate the grand challenges that should be tackled when it comes to the design of computers' control over our bodies. These grand challenges span technical, design, user, and ethical aspects. By articulating these grand challenges, we aim to begin initiating a research agenda that positions bodily control not only as a technical feature but as a central, experiential, and ethical concern for future human-computer interaction endeavors.
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spellingShingle Grand Challenges around Designing Computers' Control Over Our Bodies
Mueller, Florian 'Floyd'
Bianchi-Berthouze, Nadia
Sra, Misha
Gonzalez-Franco, Mar
Pohl, Henning
Boll, Susanne
Byrne, Richard
Caetano, Arthur
Inami, Masahiko
Knibbe, Jarrod
Kristensson, Per Ola
Li, Xiang
Li, Zhuying
Marshall, Joe
Matjeka, Louise Petersen
Nygren, Minna
Patibanda, Rakesh
Price, Sara
Reiterer, Harald
Saini, Aryan
Schneider, Oliver
Shahu, Ambika
Dugas, Phoebe O. Toups
Elvitigala, Don Samitha
Human-Computer Interaction
Advances in emerging technologies, such as on-body mechanical actuators and electrical muscle stimulation, have allowed computers to take control over our bodies. This presents opportunities as well as challenges, raising fundamental questions about agency and the role of our bodies when interacting with technology. To advance this research field as a whole, we brought together expert perspectives in a week-long seminar to articulate the grand challenges that should be tackled when it comes to the design of computers' control over our bodies. These grand challenges span technical, design, user, and ethical aspects. By articulating these grand challenges, we aim to begin initiating a research agenda that positions bodily control not only as a technical feature but as a central, experiential, and ethical concern for future human-computer interaction endeavors.
title Grand Challenges around Designing Computers' Control Over Our Bodies
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19143