A Study on Commuting Therapy, Designing a Human-Vehicle Interaction System to Enhance the Commuting Experience with Emotion-Based Multisensory Strategies
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Industrial design engineering (MPDES), MSc
Publicerad
2024
Författare
Lu, Xiaonan
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Commuting is often perceived as mundane and time-consuming. However, commute also offers an opportune space and time for design interventions that can enhance well-being during the daily commute. This thesis project explores the design opportunities to enhance the leisure experience during commuting, with a focus on Jordan’s Four Product Pleasures. This project reimagines commute as a transition period aimed at improving human well-being, transforming it into a more pleasurable experience. As a result, this project introduces an affective human-vehicle interaction system within the smart cabin, employing multisensory emotion regulation strategies, including vision, aroma, music, and haptics. Specifically, this project details the design of a multisensory experience tailored to driver emotional states during commutes. The proposed design was evaluated through a VR car simulator in a qualitative user study, which revealed user preferences for multisensory experiences.
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Commute , Driver’s Emotional States , Emotion regulation , Multisensory Experience , Well-being