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Usability of different types of commercial selfie sticks

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Ahmed Sabbir Arif,

Geehyuk LeeAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '17: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Article No.: 10, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3098279.3098549

Published: 04 September 2017 Publication History

Abstract

This paper reviews and categorizes the most common types of selfie sticks available in the market and discusses their design and usability. Through a theoretical analysis, it demonstrates how most commercial selfie sticks ignore important human factors, including ergonomics. It, then, presents results of an online survey, where selfie stick users (N=105), predominantly from the Republic of Korea, rated the usability of their selfie sticks. Results of the survey provided an insight into users' selfie stick usage behavior and suggested that most commercial selfie sticks are unergonomic, causing the users short-term fatigues that could "in theory" turn into chronic over the time with extensive use. Finally, based on the survey results, the paper makes recommendations for future design.

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Usability of different types of commercial selfie sticks
1. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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