Grand Challenges around Designing Computers' Control Over Our Bodies
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze, Misha Sra, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Henning Pohl, Susanne Boll, Richard Byrne, Arthur Caetano, Masahiko Inami, Jarrod Knibbe, Per Ola Kristensson, Xiang Li, Zhuying Li, Joe Marshall, Louise Petersen Matjeka, Minna Nygren

TL;DR
This paper discusses the emerging field of computer-controlled bodily interactions, highlighting technical, ethical, and experiential challenges to guide future research in human-computer interaction.
Contribution
It identifies and articulates grand challenges across technical, design, user, and ethical domains for controlling human bodies with computers.
Findings
Highlights opportunities and challenges of bodily control technologies
Proposes a research agenda emphasizing ethical and experiential aspects
Brings together expert perspectives to define key research directions
Abstract
Advances in emerging technologies, such as on-body mechanical actuators and electrical muscle stimulation, have allowed computers to take control over our bodies. This presents opportunities as well as challenges, raising fundamental questions about agency and the role of our bodies when interacting with technology. To advance this research field as a whole, we brought together expert perspectives in a week-long seminar to articulate the grand challenges that should be tackled when it comes to the design of computers' control over our bodies. These grand challenges span technical, design, user, and ethical aspects. By articulating these grand challenges, we aim to begin initiating a research agenda that positions bodily control not only as a technical feature but as a central, experiential, and ethical concern for future human-computer interaction endeavors.
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Taxonomy
TopicsInnovative Human-Technology Interaction · Interactive and Immersive Displays · Social Robot Interaction and HRI
