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Area of Science:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Physical Computing
  • Interaction Design

Background:

  • Prototyping physical user interfaces demands significant technical expertise and time.
  • Challenges include programming sensor/actuator interactions, cross-platform development, and integrating electronics.
  • Existing methods create barriers for designers and non-programmers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present ECCE (Entities, Components, Couplings and Ecosystems), a toolkit designed to simplify physical interface prototyping.
  • To lower the complexity of developing sensor-based physical interactions for non-programmers.
  • To support the design process by abstracting low-level hardware and software implementations.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the ECCE toolkit, focusing on abstraction of low-level implementations.
  • Designing ECCE to manage heterogeneous input/output channels and connectivity.
  • Utilizing a component-based approach for building physical interfaces.

Main Results:

  • ECCE effectively reduces the technical skills and time required for physical interface prototyping.
  • The toolkit enables non-programmers to create small-scale, sensor-based physical interfaces.
  • User evaluation demonstrated diverse use cases and insights into application development.

Conclusions:

  • ECCE significantly lowers the barrier to entry for creating physical user interfaces.
  • The toolkit facilitates rapid prototyping and exploration of sensor-based interactions.
  • ECCE empowers a broader range of users to engage in physical computing and interaction design.