Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities Research

TL;DR

This paper emphasizes the importance of understanding situational impairments affecting smartphone use, advocating for systematic research to develop sensing and adaptation techniques, and outlining future research directions.

Contribution

It highlights the need for thorough investigation of SIIDs and provides insights and potential directions for future research in the field.

Findings

Environmental factors impact smartphone interaction.

Systematic investigation is crucial for progress.

Guidelines for future SIID research are proposed.

Abstract

Research has shown that various environmental factors impact smartphone interaction and lead to Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities. In this work we discuss the importance of thoroughly understanding the effects of these situational impairments on smartphone interaction. We argue that systematic investigation of the effects of different situational impairments is quintessential for conducting successful research in the field of SIIDs that might lead to building appropriate sensing, modelling, and adapting techniques. We also provide insights for future work identifying potential directions to conduct research in SIIDs.