Search for dissertations about: "User Experiences"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 165 swedish dissertations containing the words User Experiences.

2. 1. Smart Homes and User Values : Long-term evaluation of IT-services in Residential and Single Family Dwellings

   Author : Greger Sandström; Ulf Keijer; Brian Atkin; KTH; []
   Keywords : ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; accessibility; developer; dwelling; construction process; evaluation; home; housing; information technology; intelligent building; long-term; model; post-occupancy evaluation; resident; service delivery; smart home; trust; usability; usefulness; user; user evaluation; user experience; user value; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   Abstract : Do residents find value in smart home functions? How should these functions be designed to offer user benefit? These were the governing questions of this study that involved nearly 200 families in three different housing projects during five years of occupancy. The housing units were equipped with advanced smart homes solutions, electronic and digital devices to control them, and a set of functions to increase comfort, safety and security in the homes. READ MORE

4. 2. Gameful experiences : The not so painful road to gainful behavior

   Author : Johan Högberg; Erik Wästlund; Per Kristensson; Juho Hamari; Per Backlund; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Gamification; Gameful experience; Engagement; Customer experience; In-store marketing; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : The aim of this work is to investigate the experiences that users make when using gamified services and the effect that such experiences have on the targeted behavioral outcomes. Considerable attention is dedicated to the gameful experience, since this experience is necessary for gamification to affect the target behavior. READ MORE

5. 3. Users' haptic product experiences

   Author : Jessica Dagman; Chalmers University of Technology; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; methods and tools; user experiences; product properties; haptics; product development;

   Abstract : The visual aspects have always been of great significance and taken into account in designing consumer products. Other senses have been somewhat neglected as a result of this tradition. This thesis will prove different. READ MORE

6. 4. The Significance of Things: Affective User-Artefact relations

   Author : Viktor Hjort af Ornäs; Viktor Hiort af Ornäs; Chalmers University of Technology; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; User experience; User-centred design; Significant consequences; Significant use; Significant things; User-centred desig; Technology; Teknik; User Centred Product Design; Användarcentrerad produktdesign;

   Abstract : Products help people act, but also thrill, excite, and elicit fear, joy and anger. Artefacts are a natural part of people’s everyday lives, sometimes associated with values, dreams and aspirations. While traditional user-centred approaches have focused on efficiency and effectiveness of use, injury prevention etc. READ MORE

7. 5. Leveraging user relationships for innovation within sustained producer-user ecosystems : Observations from the medical technology industry

   Author : Carl Wadell; Mats Magnusson; Fredrik Hacklin; KTH; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Producer-user ecosystems; User involvement; Innovation; Boundary-spanners; Social networks; Medical technology; Machine Design; Maskinkonstruktion;

   Abstract : Today we can see how companies are making significant investments in various methods and tools to access and utilize the users’ knowledge for the purpose of innovation efforts. What many highly innovative companies try to accomplish with these investments is to develop and establish sustained producer-user ecosystems. READ MORE