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“It’s More Fun to Commute”—An Example of Using Automotive Interaction Design to Promote Well-Being in Cars

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Automotive User Interfaces

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Automotive interaction design (AID) becomes more and more important. From advanced driver assistance systems to social media—the number of interactive systems available in cars increased substantially over the recent years. However, AID is still mostly concerned with making interaction either easy or exciting. In this chapter, we argue that AID should focus more on creating and shaping enjoyable and meaningful activities through sensible arrangements of interactive technologies. To advance this argument, we provide an overview of a well-being-oriented experiential approach to AID and discuss the Perfect Commute as an example of a well-being-oriented experiential interactive system.

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This work was made possible by BMW Research, Munich.

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  1. Ubiquitous Design/Experience and Interaction, University of Siegen, Kohlbettstraße 15, 57072, Siegen, Germany

    Marc Hassenzahl, Matthias Laschke & Kai Eckoldt

  2. Experience and Interaction, Folkwang University of the Arts, Universitätsstraße 12, 45141, Essen, Germany

    Eva Lenz

  3. BMW Group, 80788, München, Germany

    Josef Schumann

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Hassenzahl, M., Laschke, M., Eckoldt, K., Lenz, E., Schumann, J. (2017). “It’s More Fun to Commute”—An Example of Using Automotive Interaction Design to Promote Well-Being in Cars. In: Meixner, G., Müller, C. (eds) Automotive User Interfaces. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49448-7_4

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