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An Exploration of Relationships between Culture Images and User Experience of Gesture Interaction

Authors:
Tian Lei
Shuaili Wei

Keywords: Culture Images; User Experience; Gesture Interaction; Emotion.

Abstract:
The application of gesture changed the mobile interactive process greatly, as well as User Experience (UE). For better UE, it requires information feedback triggered by gesture to accord with users’ cognition, which is closely related to their culture and values. Many previous studies have described the differences of interaction under diverse cultural atmospheres, which confirms that cultural factors do affect the interaction process, but does this also hold for mobiles? Whether the UE is good? This study carries out a series of empirical research towards this end. The task flow of 20 apps based on Android was analyzed for extraction of gestures used with higher frequency. The ink-rhyme effect of Chinese calligraphy culture was integrated into interactive feedback to form gradient mode, which is applied to the three most familiar gestures to users— tap, press, slide. The participants judged the mode based on Hassenzahl’s surface usability questionnaire to assess UE. The results showed that cultural factors improve the user's emotional experience, but have little impact on the operating experience. It is demonstrated that the integration of cultural factors enhances UE, especially emotional experience, and shows no negative impact on usability.

Pages: 112 to 117

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: October 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3492

ISBN: 978-1-61208-306-3

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 27, 2013 to October 31, 2013