Affective Interaction

Getting users involved with interactive applications that utilize affective expressions and possibilities for user to communicate their emotional states, is a growing field, often named affective interaction. It talks AbOUT:

• design, implement and evaluate systems that address, relate to or influence user emotions
• explain relevant emotion theoreties and apply them to the design of affective interactive systems
• reflect upon and provide a coherent argument on how existing IT-applications from the field of affective interactive systems as well as other media, such as arts, cinema, or music, address and influence user emotions
• be aware of and be able to apply practical design knowledge and methods specifically aimed at affective interactive systems
• reflect on the implications of affective interactive systems on human values, such as privacy, autonomy and equity, as well as on attitudes and behaviours in society
• scientifically describe a designed affective interactive system's functionality and relate it to relevant literature and theories in the area