skip to main content
10.1145/2851581.2892289acmconferencesArticle/Chapter ViewAbstractPublication PageschiConference Proceedingsconference-collections
abstract

HeartPlotter: Visualizing Bio-data by Drawing on Paper

Published: 07 May 2016 Publication History

Abstract

This paper reintroduces pen plotting to interaction and visualization design through the project of HeartPlotter. The HeartPlotter collects the user's heartbeat data, maps the data into the pen movements, then presents the real-time variations in heart rate through its mechanical movements and sounds, and finally delivers the overall HRV information in a compact form as one drawing on paper. In this pilot study, we experimented with three basic mappings between data and visualizations by controlling the pen movement in speed, path and pen-down timing. The results show that the pen's speed could present changing heart rate data in real-time and the pen's path mainly affects the data visualization and the aesthetic of the plotted drawings. Finally, we discuss the possibility and limitations of the pen plotter used in information display and interaction design.

References

[1]
Hoinkis, M. 2012. Herzfassen: a responsive object. In CHI'12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 975--978.
[2]
Lee, M. H., Cha, S., & Nam, T. J. 2015. Patina Engraver: Visualizing Activity Logs as Patina in Fashionable Trackers. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15) 1172--1182.
[3]
Šimbelis, V., Lundström, A., Höök, K., Solsona, J., & Lewandowski, V. 2014. Metaphone: machine aesthetics meets interaction design. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14) 1--10.
[4]
Khot, R. A., Hjorth, L., & Mueller, F. F. 2014. Understanding physical activity through 3D printed material artifacts. In Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems. 3835--3844
[5]
Khot, R. A., Lee, J., Hjorth, L., & Mueller, F. F. 2015. TastyBeats: Celebrating Heart Rate Data with a Drinkable Spectacle. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. 229--232.
[6]
Oliver Wilshen, Niall Quinn, REMAP (2014), http://www.signal-to-noise.co.uk/portfolio/remap/
[7]
Michel Winterberg "trial, be a plotter" (2015), http://www.michelwinterberg.ch/
[8]
Lehrer, P., & Vaschillo, E. 2008. The Future of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback. Biofeedback 36, 1, 11--14.

Cited By

View all
  • (2019)Towards Affective ChronometryProceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3322276.3322367(1479-1494)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2019
  • (2018)BioFidgetProceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3173574.3174187(1-12)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2018

Index Terms

  1. HeartPlotter: Visualizing Bio-data by Drawing on Paper

    Recommendations

    Comments

    Information & Contributors

    Information

    Published In

    cover image ACM Conferences
    CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    May 2016
    3954 pages
    ISBN:9781450340823
    DOI:10.1145/2851581
    Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the Owner/Author.

    Sponsors

    Publisher

    Association for Computing Machinery

    New York, NY, United States

    Publication History

    Published: 07 May 2016

    Check for updates

    Author Tags

    1. bio-data
    2. biofeedback
    3. digital fabrication
    4. physical visualization

    Qualifiers

    • Abstract

    Conference

    CHI'16
    Sponsor:
    CHI'16: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    May 7 - 12, 2016
    California, San Jose, USA

    Acceptance Rates

    CHI EA '16 Paper Acceptance Rate 1,000 of 5,000 submissions, 20%;
    Overall Acceptance Rate 6,164 of 23,696 submissions, 26%

    Upcoming Conference

    CHI 2025
    ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    April 26 - May 1, 2025
    Yokohama , Japan

    Contributors

    Other Metrics

    Bibliometrics & Citations

    Bibliometrics

    Article Metrics

    • Downloads (Last 12 months)13
    • Downloads (Last 6 weeks)1
    Reflects downloads up to 20 Jan 2025

    Other Metrics

    Citations

    Cited By

    View all
    • (2019)Towards Affective ChronometryProceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3322276.3322367(1479-1494)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2019
    • (2018)BioFidgetProceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3173574.3174187(1-12)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2018

    View Options

    Login options

    View options

    PDF

    View or Download as a PDF file.

    PDF

    eReader

    View online with eReader.

    eReader

    Media

    Figures

    Other

    Tables

    Share

    Share

    Share this Publication link

    Share on social media