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curiosity principles and interaction scenarios, and the relation between them. Big crosses represent a strong relation, small crosses a weak relation.
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We explore the concepts of curiosity and interaction: how can we elicit curiosity in public spaces through interactive systems? We have developed a model consisting of five curiosity-evoking principles. In an iterative design research approach, we have explored the design implementations of these principles. Each principle has been evaluated in a s...
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... The design team strategically incorporated ways to evoke curiosity when designing gameplay interactions. Tieben et al. use the phrase "making people curious" in the title of a 2011 conference paper on curiosity [26]. This paper's authors believe that designers can only invite curiosity [27], creating conditions whereby individuals might be more curious. ...
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... One key element in achieving this is curiosity, which can be fostered through the implementation of various strategies. Tieben [22] propose the strategies to include: 1) Novelty, Introducing something new to the narrative or the overall reading experience. 2) Partial exposure: Gradually revealing the truth or important details throughout the narrative. ...
... On the other hand, specific curiosity is the pursuit of in-depth knowledge, whereas sensory curiosity has been identified as the pursuit of fresh experiences and stimuli. Tieben et al., (2011) emphasized five principles of evoking curiosity which were novelty, partial exposure, uncertainty, complexity and conflict. Novelty can be defined as being alert on novel experiences; partial exposure can be explained as having incomplete information; uncertainty means raising some doubts; complexity can be defined as being perplexed by ambiguity and conflict means having some contradictory experiences. ...
... The former one refers to being exposed to novel information, while the latter is related to feeling deprived of existing knowledge and making efforts to fill the knowledge gap. Tieben et al. (2011) established a cycle which includes encountering, exploring, discovering, and adjusting to expand the knowledge in EC endeavors. ...
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... Building on the concept of curiosity (Tieben, Bekker & Schouten 2011), our design should therefore draw attention and engage, creating an interesting and fun walking experience. Since it focuses on nudging people to extend their walk, users should be free to determine their own pace. ...
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... On the other hand, unclarity about interaction possibilities or purpose can discourage use. These findings are aligned with the role of curiosity in the explorative process (Tieben, Bekker & Schouten 2011) and the need for clarity to provide the high coping potential needed to experience interest (Yoon, Desmet & Helm 2012). The authors demonstrate that a good balance between obvious interactions and hidden aspects can trigger curiosity and exploration and help to engage users over a longer time. ...
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... Alternatively, intrinsic motivation can be sustained through curiosity. Fostering several types of interactions with the tangibles may break the monotony and spike children's curiosity [12,65]. For example, as one activity would focus on math activities that involve stacking, the other can feature flipping or carrying many objects at once ( Figure 6). ...
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... However, scholars have yet to explore how to facilitate platform users' exploration of innovations to ensure the vitality of open innovation platforms. Curiosity has been shown as a motivational prerequisite for individuals' exploratory behaviors (Berlyne, 1960;Tieben et al., 2011). In this sense, users' curiosity toward innovations can entice their desire for novelty and motivate their involvement in specific innovation diffusion activities on platforms (Kashdan et al., 2004). ...
... Additionally, users' trust in a platform enables them perceiving the platforms' integrity and benevolence insomuch they believe that the platform acts in an honest manner, offers users trustworthy information, and holds users' interests ahead of its own self-interest, which eliminates their risk concern regarding information quality and system quality. In this sense, users would be willing to seek information and bridge the knowledge gap, thereby nurturing epistemic curiosity toward innovations on the platform (Tieben et al., 2011). ...
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... By having a data sculpture in the periphery, users can be occupied with other activities but still easily access information when needed [1]. To trigger people and keep them interested over time, it would be useful to include curiosity principles within the design, such as a novelty element, partial exposure and/or an uncertainty element [48]. Research on Watt-I-See [30] showed that there is a preference towards immediate feedback and simple interfaces as it resulted in increased energy awareness. ...
... By implementing a weekly novel numerical fact on climate impact, the system not only influences one's own household, but also their immediate environment. The novel fact also helps to trigger curiosity and keep households interested over time [48]. ...
... Such an alert could facilitate focused attention in case a user set threshold is reached. The study with Ecorbis shows that a curiosity principle [48], in this case novelty, resulted in curiosity, awareness and shared discussion. Further research could investigate how other curiosity principles [48], such as partial exposure, could trigger long-term engagement. ...
... Curiosity can be an important motivator for interaction [27,32], as can be seen in the public installations City Mouse, placed on a public square in Oulu city, Finland [11] and Water Games, featured at the Universal Forum of Cultures event in Barcelona [20]. For both designs, participants were exploring options and interactions, desiring to fgure out the diferent interaction opportunities. ...
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... Some research primarily focuses on social interaction between players Gajadhar et al., 2008;Lindley et al., 2008;Isbister, 2010;Robbins and Isbister, 2014;Márquez Segura and Isbister, 2015), design principles (Parés et al., 2005;Snibbe and Raffle, 2009) or on interactivity (Salen and Zimmerman, 2003;Kultima and Stenros, 2010;Polaine, 2010;. Other related research is more directly related and provides frameworks and models that focus on engaging people into public interfaces Rogers and Rodden, 2003;Vogel and Balakrishnan, 2004;Peltonen et al., 2008;Finke et al., 2008;Müller et al., 2010;Polaine, 2010;Tieben et al., 2011;Michelis and Müller, 2011;Valk et al., 2012;Fischer and Hornecker, 2012;Memarovic et al., 2012Memarovic et al., , 2014Cheung, 2014;de Valk et al., 2015;Germany et al., 2019). In the "Insights from Related Research and Previous Design Projects" section we elaborate on related research and explain how aspects from previous research inspired the first concept of the Participant Journey Map. ...
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... The marketing model AIDA also mentions this by the term 'Interest.' Similar moments are mentioned in other work, some focusing on someone's role: 'spectator,' 'bystander,' 'observer' (Finke et al., 2008) or 'onlooker' (Parten, 1933) (Rubin, 2001), and others focusing on behavior: 'hovering' (Rubin, 2001), 'exploring' (Tieben et al., 2011), 'viewing' (Müller et al., 2010;Michelis and Müller, 2011) or 'passive engagement' (Memarovic et al., 2012). ...
In this book, we compare and contrast the various forms of play that occur in urban environments or are dedicated to their design and planning, with the notion of the playable city. In a playable city, the sensors, actuators, and digital communication networks that form the backbone of smart city infrastructure are used to create novel interfaces and interventions intended to inject fun and playfulness into the urban environment, both as a simple source of pleasure and as a means of facilitating and fostering urban and social interactions.
... Further, user-studies testing a new interface feature such as the one we are presenting here might result in increased interaction with novel features caused by participants' curiosity. This is undesired for this study, but has been taken advantage of for nudging users towards certain actions in other studies [19,53]. Another factor impacting the effectiveness of obfuscations with warning labels is repeated exposure to them. ...
