The paper “ParaGlassMenu: Towards Social-Friendly Subtle Interactions in Conversations” has been (Conditionally) accepted for CHI ’23 conference, April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany.

The co-authors are Runze Cai, Nuwan Janaka, Shengdong Zhao, and Minghui Sun.

Abstract:

Interactions with digital devices during social settings can reduce social engagement and interrupt conversations. To overcome these drawbacks, we designed ParaGlassMenu, a semi-transparent circular menu that can be displayed around a conversation partner’s face on Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display (OHMD) and interacted subtly using a ring mouse. We evaluated ParaGlassMenu with several alternative approaches (Smartphone, Voice assistant, and Linear OHMD menus) by manipulating Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices in a simulated conversation setting with a digital partner. Results indicated that the ParaGlassMenu offered the best overall performance in balancing social engagement and digital interaction needs in conversations. To validate these findings, we conducted a second study in a realistic conversation scenario involving commodity IoT devices. Results confirmed the utility and social acceptance of the ParaGlassMenu. Based on the results, we discuss implications for designing attention-maintaining subtle interaction techniques on OHMDs.

ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-9421-5/23/04.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581065

Read the full paper here: ParaGlassMenu: Towards Social-Friendly Subtle Interactions in Conversations