English

Exploring the Use of Drones for Taking Accessible Selfies with Elderly

Human-Computer Interaction 2024-12-09 v1 Computers and Society

Abstract

Selfie taking is a popular social pastime, and is an important part of socialising online. This activity is popular with young people but is also becoming more prevalent with older generations. Despite this, there are a number of accessibility issues when taking selfies. In this research, we investigate preferences from elderly citizens when taking a selfie, to understand the current challenges. As a potential solution to address the challenges identified, we propose the use of drones and present a novel concept for hands free selfie taking. With this work, we hope to trigger conversation around how such a technology can be utilised to enable elderly citizens, and more broadly people with physical disabilities, the ability to easily take part in this social pastime.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2412.05147,
  title  = {Exploring the Use of Drones for Taking Accessible Selfies with Elderly},
  author = {Yuan Yao and Weiwei Zhang and Soojeong Yoo and Callum Parker and Jihong Jeung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.05147},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

CHI2020: Workshop of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 25-30, 2020, Honolulu, HI, USA

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