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Building Narratives and Probing Concepts: Preparing Materials for Co-Design with Autistic Livestreamers
Based on 10 semi-structured interviews with autistic Twitch streamers, we introduce a series of scenario-based design narratives coupled with technology design concepts as a starting point for co-design discussion about autistic streaming. This work ...
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Experiences of Autistic Twitch Livestreamers: “I have made easily the most meaningful and impactful relationships”
We present perspectives from 10 autistic Twitch streamers regarding their experiences as livestreamers and how autism uniquely colors their experiences. Livestreaming offers a social online experience distinct from in-person, face-to-face communication, ...
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Understanding and Supporting Autistic Adults in Livestreaming
In my work, I aim to develop opportunities for autistic adults to flourish in online social spaces. I focus on investigating how autistic adults experience social livestreaming platforms such as Twitch.tv and Youtube live so that we can develop tools to ...
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Social Access and Representation for Autistic Adult Livestreamers
We interviewed 10 autistic livestreamers to understand their motivations for livestreaming on Twitch. Our participants explained that streaming helped them fulfill social desires by: supporting them in making meaningful social connections with others; ...
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Toward Video-Conferencing Tools for Hands-On Activities in Online Teaching
Many instructors in computing and HCI disciplines use hands-on activities for teaching and training new skills. Beyond simply teaching hands-on skills like sketching and programming, instructors also use these activities so students can acquire tacit ...
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Talk Like Somebody is Watching: Understanding and Supporting Novice Live Streamers
We built a chatbot system–Audience Bot–that simulates an audience for novice live streamers to engage with while streaming. New live streamers on platforms like Twitch are expected to perform and talk to themselves, even while no one is watching. We ...
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Why do people watch others eat food? An Empirical Study on the Motivations and Practices of Mukbang Viewers
We present a mixed-methods study of viewers on their practices and motivations around watching mukbang — video streams of people eating large quantities of food. Viewers' experiences provide insight on future technologies for multisensorial video streams ...
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Perspective on and Re-orientation of Physical Proxies in Object-Focused Remote Collaboration
Remote collaborators working together on physical objects have difficulty building a shared understanding of what each person is talking about. Conventional video chat systems are insufficient for many situations because they present a single view of the ...
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A Visual Interaction Cue Framework from Video Game Environments for Augmented Reality
Based on an analysis of 49 popular contemporary video games, we develop a descriptive framework of visual interaction cues in video games. These cues are used to inform players what can be interacted with, where to look, and where to go within the game ...
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Critiquing Physical Prototypes for a Remote Audience
We present an observational study of physical prototype critique that highlights some of the challenges of communicating physical behaviors and materiality at a distance. Geographically distributed open hardware communities often conduct user feedback ...
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Data warehouse architecture for GIS applications
- Mohammad Rifaie,
- Erwin J. Blas,
- Abdel Rahman M. Muhsen,
- Terrance T. H. Mok,
- Keivan Kianmehr,
- Reda Alhajj,
- Mick J. Ridley
Geo-data sets are built for use in geographical information systems (GIS). The data is modeled to suit the needs of data entry and visual representations. They are optimized for simplicity and speed of modification. These models do not lend themselves ...
