Exertion Games Lab

Please join us for the following 3 workshops at CHI 2021:
Human-Food Interaction
Cyborgs
Outdoor Sports

Josh Andres has successfully completed all requirements for his PhD, congratulations!

Josh contributed a novel understanding of how to integrate humans and computational machines via designing better eBikes.

He moves human-computer “interaction” to “integration”, where the computational machine and the human body become active partners. Using design research, he developed three eBikes (controlled by motion, traffic light and EEG data) to demonstrate how his “integration framework” can facilitate more engaging, healthier and safer user experiences.

Andres, J. Integrated Exertion – Understanding the Design of Human–Computer Integration in an Exertion Context. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis. RMIT University. 2020.

We received a Best Paper Award at CHI PLAY 2020!

This paper received the perfect score of 4x 5.0 from reviewers and was awarded a Best Paper Award:

Matjeka, L., Mueller, F. Designing for Bodily Play Experiences Based on Danish Linguistic Connotations of “Playing a Game”. CHI PLAY 2020. Long paper. ACM. 1-13. Talk video. BEST PAPER AWARD.

We are presenting the following works at CHI PLAY 2020:

Matjeka, L., Mueller, F. Designing for Bodily Play Experiences Based on Danish Linguistic Connotations of “Playing a Game”. CHI PLAY 2020. Long paper. ACM. 1-13. Talk video.

Sargeant, B., Dwyer, J., Mueller, F. Designing for Virtual Touch: A Real-Time Co-Created Online Art Experience. CHI PLAY 2020. Rapid Communication. ACM. 1-6. Video.

Zhuying’s ingestible game InsideOut was featured on TV today! It was on Channel 7’s House of Wellness, 6 minutes long:

Betty and Justin won a Good Design Award!

This is an excellent recognition for Betty and Justin’s [ i miss your touch ] work that deals with loneliness during Covid-19. The award details are here, and press release here, congratulations!

We have an internship opportunity to work on interactive food:

Details for candidates (need to be an Australian undergraduate student): https://www.monash.edu/study/fees-scholarships/scholarships/summer-winter/view/_nocache?area=1-Faculty%20of%20Information%20Technology

Please contact us if you have any questions!

We were on the radio again today, on 3MDR with an interview on WeScream!

3MDR 20 August 2020

We discussed our ingestible game InsideOut on the radio today:

ABC Radio North West Queensland 17 August 2020

Zhuying and friends’ InsideOut, the ingestible game research, is in the Herald Sun today:

Our WeScream interactive ice cream was discussed on the radio again today:

ABC Radio Tasmania 30 July 2020

Yan is in the Herald Sun today, with her interactive ice cream “WeScream!”:

Our interactive ice cream “WeScream!” got some coverage on the radio:

ABC Radio Far North 20 July 2020 (Part A)
ABC Radio Far North 21 July 2020 (Part B)
ABC Radio Canberra 21 July 2020
ABC Radio South East NSW 21 July 2020

Our video of Neo-Noumena – Emotion BCI is up:

The paper is here:

Semertzidis, N., Scary, M., Andres, J., Dwivedi, B., Kulwe, Y., Zambetta, F., Mueller, F. Neo-Noumena: Augmenting Emotion Communication. CHI 2020. Long paper. ACM. Video. Talk video.

Our DIS 2020 papers are now available on the DIS virtual conference website:

La Delfa, J., Baytas, M., Luke, E., Koder, B., Mueller, F. Designing Drone Chi. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. DIS 2020. Pictorial. ACM. 1-12.

Li, Z., Wang, Y., Sheahan, J., Jiang, B., Greuter, S., Mueller, F. InsideOut: Towards an Understanding of Designing Playful Experiences with Imaging Capsules. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. DIS 2020. Long paper. ACM. 1-13. BEST PAPER HONORABLE MENTION.

Wang, Y., Li, Z., Jarvis, B., La Delfa, J., Khot, R., Mueller, F. WeScream!: Toward Understanding the Design of Playful Social Gustosonic Experiences with Ice Cream. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. DIS 2020. Long paper. ACM. 1-13. BEST PAPER HONORABLE MENTION.

Yan is today presenting her work at the Smell, Taste & Temperature Symposium as part of CHI 2020 virtual events: https://stt20.plopes.org/

There is more and more news coverage coming out on our EEG-connected eBike, including a feature article on ZDNET: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-monash-and-southampton-uni-develop-mind-reading-ebike-to-save-lives/

Ena, our EEG-connected eBike was on national TV news today, on two different channels:

and also:

and also slightly longer versions on their Twitter:

A new e-bike is using cyclist's brain power to help keep them out of danger, before they even realise it's there. The futuristic cycle uses a cap to warn the rider of any hazards ahead. @justinemack9 #9News pic.twitter.com/bL9RoDxcm4

— Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) June 22, 2020

A new bike that reads the cyclists mind could mean a much safer journey. It scans the riders brain detecting danger signals and automatically slowing the bike down. https://t.co/5zYfOfohG3 @TomChadwick_7 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/XoMQVLNCpr

— 7NEWS Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) June 22, 2020

We are on the Front Page (upper-left) of today’s The Age newspaper:

The full article is a double-spread on page 4 and 5:

Congrats Josh and Nathan et al. for their work on Ena, the EEG eBike!

The article online: https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-mind-reading-bicycle-that-could-save-lives-20200620-p554jm.htm

Nathan has been interviewed by OpenBCI on his work on Neo-Noumena, which is now featured on their homepage:

https://openbci.com/community/neo-noumena-ar-emotion-openbci/