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This book addresses Assistive Augmentation, highlighting the design
and development of assistive technologies, user interfaces, and
interactions that seamlessly integrate with a user's mind, body,
and behavior, providing an enhanced perception. Our senses are the
dominant channel we use to perceive the world around us. Whether
they have impairments or not, people often find themselves at the
limits of their sensorial capabilities. Some seek assistive or
enhancing devices that enable them to carry out specific tasks or
even transform them into a "superhuman" with capabilities well
beyond the ordinary. The overarching topic of this book revolves
around the design and development of technologies and interfaces
that provide enhanced physical, sensorial and cognitive
capabilities: "Assistive Augmentation". The Assistive Augmentation
community convened at an interdisciplinary workshop at the 2014
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
(CHI) in Toronto, Canada. The community is comprised of researchers
and practitioners who work at the junction of human-computer
interaction, assistive technology and human augmentation. This
edited volume, which represents the first tangible outcome of the
workshop, presents stimulating discussions on the challenges of
Assistive Augmentation as examined through case studies. These
studies focus on two main areas: (1) Augmented Sensors and Feedback
Modalities, and (2) Design for Assistive Augmentation.
This book addresses Assistive Augmentation, highlighting the design
and development of assistive technologies, user interfaces, and
interactions that seamlessly integrate with a user's mind, body,
and behavior, providing an enhanced perception. Our senses are the
dominant channel we use to perceive the world around us. Whether
they have impairments or not, people often find themselves at the
limits of their sensorial capabilities. Some seek assistive or
enhancing devices that enable them to carry out specific tasks or
even transform them into a "superhuman" with capabilities well
beyond the ordinary. The overarching topic of this book revolves
around the design and development of technologies and interfaces
that provide enhanced physical, sensorial and cognitive
capabilities: "Assistive Augmentation". The Assistive Augmentation
community convened at an interdisciplinary workshop at the 2014
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
(CHI) in Toronto, Canada. The community is comprised of researchers
and practitioners who work at the junction of human-computer
interaction, assistive technology and human augmentation. This
edited volume, which represents the first tangible outcome of the
workshop, presents stimulating discussions on the challenges of
Assistive Augmentation as examined through case studies. These
studies focus on two main areas: (1) Augmented Sensors and Feedback
Modalities, and (2) Design for Assistive Augmentation.
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