Browsing Theses by Subject "HCI"
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Adaptive Affective Computing: Countering User Frustration
(University of Waterloo, 2013-03-28)With the rise of mobile computing and an ever-growing variety of ubiquitous sensors, computers are becoming increasingly context-aware. A revolutionary step in this process that has seen much progress will be user-awareness: ... -
Designing Persuasively using Playful Elements
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-14)Alongside productivity and communication, computers are a valuable tool for diversion and amusement. Game Designers leverage the multifaceted world of computing to create applications that can be developed persuasively; ... -
The Effects of Ambiguity: A Feminist Study of Human Signifiers in Human-Computer Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-01)A lack of diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields has been a popular topic of discussion and a persistent challenge in terms of recruitment, engagement, opportunity and equality spanning decades. ... -
Factors of Haptic Experience across Multiple Haptic Modalities
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-08)Haptic Experience (HX) is a proposed set of quality criteria useful to haptics, with prior evidence for a 5-factor model with vibrotactile feedback. We report on an ongoing process of scale development to measure HX, and ... -
Human Performance and Cognitive Workload in Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-17)The ability to efficiently perform a task in a human-in-the-loop system and in multi-sensory virtual environments is highly dependent on the type of sensory feedback the operator is receiving and the amount of workload the ... -
Human-AI Interaction in the Presence of Ambiguity: From Deliberation-based Labeling to Ambiguity-aware AI
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-11)Ambiguity, the quality of being open to more than one interpretation, permeates our lives. It comes in different forms including linguistic and visual ambiguity, arises for various reasons and gives rise to disagreements ... -
Investigating the Effect of Pace Mechanic on Player Motivation and Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-30)Games have long been employed to motivate people towards positive behavioral change. Numerous studies, for example, have found people who were previously disinterested in a task can be enticed to spend hours gathering ... -
Meetings in the Metaverse: Exploring Online Meeting Spaces through Meaningful Interactions in Gather.Town
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-26)Online meetings and communication spaces have become a part of many people's work during the global COVID-19 pandemic. While we rely on computer-mediated communication (CMC) daily, we need to be engaged to be productive ... -
Understanding Mode and Modality Transfer in Unistroke Gesture Input
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-22)Unistroke gestures are an attractive input method with an extensive research history, but one challenge with their usage is that the gestures are not always self-revealing. To obtain expertise with these gestures, interaction ... -
Using AI-Supported Onboarding Systems in Video Games to Improve Player Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-15)Video games face the challenge of providing onboarding that motivates new players to engage with a game beyond their initial experience. Interactive media inherently influences players’ cognitive load during the learning ...