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Embedded Interaction: The Accomplishment of Actions in Everyday and Video−mediated Environments

Paul Luff‚ Marina Jirotka‚ Naomi Yamashita‚ Hideaki Kuzuoka‚ Christian Heath and Grace Eden

Abstract

A concern with “embodied action” has informed both the analysis of everyday action through technologies and also suggested ways of designing innovative systems. In this article, we consider how these two programs, the analysis of everyday embodied interaction on the one hand, and the analysis of technically-mediated embodied interaction on the other, are interlinked. We draw on studies of everyday interaction to reveal how embodied conduct is embedded in the environment. We then consider a collaborative technology that attempts to provide a coherent way of presenting life-sized embodiments of participants alongside particular features of the environment. These analyses suggest that conceptions of embodied action should take account of the interactional accomplishment of activities and how these are embedded in the material environment.

Journal
Transactions on Computer−Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Keywords
Media spaces‚ embedded interaction‚ reference‚ video−mediated interaction
Pages
1−22
Publisher
ACM
Volume
20
Year
2013