8 papers
"It Felt a Bit Eerie": Exploring Humanlike Interactions During Collaborative Writing with an Artificial Agent
Michael Yin, Angela Chiang, Samuel Rhys Cox +1
While human-AI collaboration systems have increasingly been built to increase efficiency or support creativity, little work has examined how the design of interactions shapes the s…
"I Don't Have Faith in the Developers to Use My Feedback": Understanding Player Values and Expectancy for Reporting Systems in Video Games
Michael Yin, Chenxinran Shen, Robert Xiao
Reporting systems in multiplayer video games allow players to express their dissatisfaction with others and combat in-game toxicity. In this work, we examined the act of reporting…
Exploring Instant Photography using Generative AI: A Design Probe with the UnReality Camera
Michael Yin, Angela Chiang, Robert Xiao
Generative AI has increasingly been used for artistic creation, but little work has explored how it shapes the experiential meaning of practice. We consider how generative AI might…
Reflective Motion and a Physical Canvas: Exploring Embodied Journaling in Virtual Reality
Michael Yin, Robert Xiao, Nadine Wagener
In traditional journaling practices, authors express and process their thoughts by writing them down. We propose a somaesthetic-inspired alternative that uses the human body, rathe…
The Words That Can't Be Shared: Exploring the Design of Unsent Messages
Michael Yin, Robert Xiao
People often have things they want to say but hold back in conversations, fearing vulnerability or social consequences. Online, this restraint can take a distinctive form: even whe…
Dissolving a Digital Relationship: A Critical Examination of Digital Severance Behaviours in Close Relationships
Michael Yin, Angela Chiang, Robert Xiao
Fulfilling social connections are crucial for human well-being and belonging, but not all relationships last forever. As interactions increasingly move online, the act of digitally…