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Main Authors: Liu, Lu, van Essen, Harm, Eggen, Berry
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11977
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author Liu, Lu
van Essen, Harm
Eggen, Berry
author_facet Liu, Lu
van Essen, Harm
Eggen, Berry
contents Hybrid work settings often lack the informal communication that naturally emerges from spontaneous encounters and ambient awareness of coworkers' activities, potentially hindering team collaboration. To address this challenge, we explored how lightweight interactions can be integrated into awareness-supporting technologies for fostering informal communication. Our experiential design approach focused on how information is perceived and processed rather than explicit content exchange. Through brainstorming, speculating, and prototyping, we explored the design space for small hybrid teams. By annotating and analyzing design concepts, speculative scenarios, and prototypes, we developed a framework that identified design options for lightweight interactions and methods for integrating them with information displays.
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spellingShingle Design Exploration of Lightweight Interactions for Awareness-Supporting Technologies in Hybrid Work
Liu, Lu
van Essen, Harm
Eggen, Berry
Human-Computer Interaction
Hybrid work settings often lack the informal communication that naturally emerges from spontaneous encounters and ambient awareness of coworkers' activities, potentially hindering team collaboration. To address this challenge, we explored how lightweight interactions can be integrated into awareness-supporting technologies for fostering informal communication. Our experiential design approach focused on how information is perceived and processed rather than explicit content exchange. Through brainstorming, speculating, and prototyping, we explored the design space for small hybrid teams. By annotating and analyzing design concepts, speculative scenarios, and prototypes, we developed a framework that identified design options for lightweight interactions and methods for integrating them with information displays.
title Design Exploration of Lightweight Interactions for Awareness-Supporting Technologies in Hybrid Work
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11977