Emotion scents: a method of representing user emotions on GUI widgets

Daniel Cernea; Christopher Weber; Achim Ebert; Andreas Kerren

doi:10.1117/12.2001261

4 February 2013 Emotion scents: a method of representing user emotions on GUI widgets

Daniel Cernea, Christopher Weber, Achim Ebert, Andreas Kerren

Proceedings Volume 8654, Visualization and Data Analysis 2013; 86540F (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001261
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2013, Burlingame, California, United States

Abstract

The world of desktop interfaces has been dominated for years by the concept of windows and standardized user interface (UI) components. Still, while supporting the interaction and information exchange between the users and the computer system, graphical user interface (GUI) widgets are rather one-sided, neglecting to capture the subjective facets of the user experience. In this paper, we propose a set of design guidelines for visualizing user emotions on standard GUI widgets (e.g., buttons, check boxes, etc.) in order to enrich the interface with a new dimension of subjective information by adding support for emotion awareness as well as post-task analysis and decision making. We highlight the use of an EEG headset for recording the various emotional states of the user while he/she is interacting with the widgets of the interface. We propose a visualization approach, called emotion scents, that allows users to view emotional reactions corresponding to di erent GUI widgets without in uencing the layout or changing the positioning of these widgets. Our approach does not focus on highlighting the emotional experience during the interaction with an entire system, but on representing the emotional perceptions and reactions generated by the interaction with a particular UI component. Our research is motivated by enabling emotional self-awareness and subjectivity analysis through the proposed emotionenhanced UI components for desktop interfaces. These assumptions are further supported by an evaluation of emotion scents.

Citation Download Citation

Daniel Cernea, Christopher Weber, Achim Ebert, and Andreas Kerren "Emotion scents: a method of representing user emotions on GUI widgets", Proc. SPIE 8654, Visualization and Data Analysis 2013, 86540F (4 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001261

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available