Peripheral Interaction: Embedding HCI in Everyday Life

The comparison of actions in the physical world with actions on interactive devices reveals a remarkable difference. In daily life we easily perform several tasks in parallel, e.g. when drinking coffee while reading this text, drinking may be in the background or periphery of the attention. Contrarily, we almost always have to focus our attention on each digital device we interact with. Considering the growing number of devices competing for our attention, novel interaction techniques have to be explored to offer Peripheral Interaction with digital devices. We believe that this approach supports interactive technology to be better embedded in everyday routines. This workshop aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines, to share their experiences with human-computer interaction (HCI) for the everyday routine and to shape a shared understanding of Peripheral Interaction.