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An Interactive Soundscape to Assist Group Walking Mindfulness Meditation

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MOCO '20: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing

Article No.: 21, Pages 1 - 3

https://doi.org/10.1145/3401956.3404240

Published: 15 July 2020 Publication History

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Developing interactive soundscapes for walking meditation has the potential to bring new opportunities of research in human-computer interaction and design. In this paper, we present our case study Sound of Mind, an interactive ambient soundscape that is transformed by one of the participant's brainwave data in a group walking meditation practice.

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An Interactive Soundscape to Assist Group Walking Mindfulness Meditation
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Sound and music computing
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. User studies
    2. Interaction techniques
      1. Auditory feedback
  2. Interaction design
    1. Systems and tools for interaction design

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DOI:10.1145/3401956

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