TY - GEN
T1 - DistKey
T2 - 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2025
AU - Han, Dongjun
AU - Chen, Pingting
AU - Sun, Yutong
AU - Zhang, Xiaoyu
AU - Ren, Xipei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/4/26
Y1 - 2025/4/26
N2 - It is important to motivate healthy behaviors, especially in office environments. However, there are few systems which integrate physical engagement mechanisms in such environments. This paper presents the design and evaluation of DistKey, a set of hotkeys allocated in different spatial interfaces of the workspace, enabling users to engage in some office tasks through intentional body movements. Through a within-subject experiment with 20 office workers, we compared DistKey with a traditional keyboard to assess the health benefits and effectiveness of integrating exercise into the workflow. Our results confirmed the benefits of DistKey-led healthful interactions in enhancing physical health and reducing mental stress during different tasks at work. Based on our follow-up qualitative research, a range of design insights are discussed to enlighten the design and development of future healthful spatial interfaces for increased office vitality.
AB - It is important to motivate healthy behaviors, especially in office environments. However, there are few systems which integrate physical engagement mechanisms in such environments. This paper presents the design and evaluation of DistKey, a set of hotkeys allocated in different spatial interfaces of the workspace, enabling users to engage in some office tasks through intentional body movements. Through a within-subject experiment with 20 office workers, we compared DistKey with a traditional keyboard to assess the health benefits and effectiveness of integrating exercise into the workflow. Our results confirmed the benefits of DistKey-led healthful interactions in enhancing physical health and reducing mental stress during different tasks at work. Based on our follow-up qualitative research, a range of design insights are discussed to enlighten the design and development of future healthful spatial interfaces for increased office vitality.
KW - Proactive health behaviors
KW - exergame-based human-spatial interaction
KW - integration of physical activity into daily workflow
KW - spatially distributed work method
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105005760394&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3706598.3713625
DO - 10.1145/3706598.3713625
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105005760394
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 26 April 2025 through 1 May 2025
ER -
