ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety Regulation
We introduce ShapeBand, a new shape-changing wristband designed for exploring multisensory and interactive anxiety regulation with soft materials and physiological sensing. Our approach takes a core principle of self-help psychotherapeutic intervention, aiming to help users to recognize anxiety trig...
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| description | We introduce ShapeBand, a new shape-changing wristband designed for exploring multisensory and interactive anxiety regulation with soft materials and physiological sensing. Our approach takes a core principle of self-help psychotherapeutic intervention, aiming to help users to recognize anxiety triggers and engage in regulation with attentional distraction. We conducted user-centered design activities to iteratively refine our design requirements and delve into users’ rich experiences, preferences, and feelings. With ShapeBand, we explored bidirectional and dynamic interaction flow in anxiety regulation and subjective factors influencing its use. Our findings suggest that integrating both active and passive modulations can significantly enhance user engagement for effective anxiety intervention. Further, different interactions, characterized by dynamic alterations in bubbles and water flow in the ShapeBand, can provide users with a gamified experience and convey more potent effects. This study provides valuable insights into the future design of tangible anxiety regulation interfaces that can be tailored to subjective feelings and individual needs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b931e8077280481abb242b9cbb2ed5572025-08-20T02:44:32ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892025-02-0116210110.3390/info16020101ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety RegulationYanting Liu0Zihan Xu1Ben Oldfrey2Youngjun Cho3Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKDepartment of Computer Science, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKDepartment of Computer Science, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKDepartment of Computer Science, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKWe introduce ShapeBand, a new shape-changing wristband designed for exploring multisensory and interactive anxiety regulation with soft materials and physiological sensing. Our approach takes a core principle of self-help psychotherapeutic intervention, aiming to help users to recognize anxiety triggers and engage in regulation with attentional distraction. We conducted user-centered design activities to iteratively refine our design requirements and delve into users’ rich experiences, preferences, and feelings. With ShapeBand, we explored bidirectional and dynamic interaction flow in anxiety regulation and subjective factors influencing its use. Our findings suggest that integrating both active and passive modulations can significantly enhance user engagement for effective anxiety intervention. Further, different interactions, characterized by dynamic alterations in bubbles and water flow in the ShapeBand, can provide users with a gamified experience and convey more potent effects. This study provides valuable insights into the future design of tangible anxiety regulation interfaces that can be tailored to subjective feelings and individual needs.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/16/2/101wearable devicesanxiety regulationphysiological sensing |
| spellingShingle | Yanting Liu Zihan Xu Ben Oldfrey Youngjun Cho ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety Regulation Information wearable devices anxiety regulation physiological sensing |
| title | ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety Regulation |
| title_full | ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety Regulation |
| title_fullStr | ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety Regulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety Regulation |
| title_short | ShapeBand: Design of a Shape-Changing Wristband with Soft Materials and Physiological Sensors for Anxiety Regulation |
| title_sort | shapeband design of a shape changing wristband with soft materials and physiological sensors for anxiety regulation |
| topic | wearable devices anxiety regulation physiological sensing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/16/2/101 |
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