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Browsing by Author "Alvarez, Ignacio"

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    Emotion GaRage Vol. IV: Creating Empathic In-Vehicle Interfaces with Generative AIs for Automated Vehicle Contexts
    Choe, Mungyeong; Bosch, Esther; Dong, Jiayuan; Alvarez, Ignacio; Oehl, Michael; Jallais, Christophe; Alsaid, Areen; Nadri, Chihab; Jeon, Myounghoon (ACM, 2023-09-18)
    This workshop aims to design advanced empathic user interfaces for in-vehicle displays, particularly for high-level automated vehicles (SAE level 3 or higher). Incorporating model-based approaches for understanding human emotion regulation, it seeks to enhance the user-vehicle interaction. A unique aspect of this workshop is the integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the design process. The workshop will explore generative AI’s potential in crafting contextual responses and its impact on user experience and interface design. The agenda includes brainstorming on various driving scenarios, developing emotion-oriented intervention methods, and rapid prototyping with AI tools. The anticipated outcome includes practical prototypes of affective user interfaces and insights on the role of AI in designing human-machine interactions. Through this workshop, we hope to contribute to making automated driving more accessible and enjoyable.
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    Empathic vehicle design: Use cases and design directions from two workshops
    Nadri, Chihab; Alvarez, Ignacio; Bosch, Esther; Oehl, Michael; Braun, Michael; Healey, Jennifer; Jallais, Christophe; Ju, Wendy; Li, Jingyi; Jeon, Myounghoon (ACM, 2022-04-27)
    Empathic vehicles are expected to improve user experience in automated vehicles and to help increase user acceptance of technology. However, little is known about potential real-world implementations and designs using empathic interfaces in vehicles with higher levels of automation. Given advances in affect detection and emotion mitigation, we conducted two workshops (N1 =24, N2 = 22, Ntotal = 46) on the design of empathic vehicles and their potential utility in a variety of applications. This paper recapitulates key opportunities in the design and application of empathetic interfaces in automated vehicles which emerged from the two workshops hosted at the ACM AutoUI conferences.
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    "Play Your Anger": A Report on the Empathic In-vehicle Interface Workshop
    Dong, Jiayuan; Nadri, Chihab; Alvarez, Ignacio; Diels, Cyriel; Lee, Myeongkyu; Li, Jingyi; Liao, Pei Hsuan; Manger, Carina; Sadeghian, Shadan; Schuß, Martina; Walker, Bruce N.; Walker, Francesco; Wang, Yiyuan; Jeon, Myounghoon (ACM, 2023-09-18)
    Empathic in-vehicle interfaces are critical in improving user safety and experiences. There has been much research on how to estimate drivers’ affective states, whereas little research has investigated intervention methods that mitigate potential impacts from the driver’s affective states on their driving performance and user experiences. To enhance the development of in-vehicle interfaces considering emotional aspects, we have organized a workshop series to gather automotive user interface experts to discuss this topic at the International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutoUI). The present paper focuses particularly on the intervention methods created by the experts and proposes design recommendations for future empathic in-vehicle interfaces. We hope this work can spark lively discussions on the importance of drivers’ affective states in their user experience of automated vehicles and pose the right direction.