Experiences in Designing Experiences

In turning from functional, tool-like systems to ones that should be fun, we open the possibility and need to think carefully about what it means to design experience for human users. Here, I describe my experiences building a set of interactive installations in the domains of interactive computer characters, virtual reality, and affective computing, through which I have tried to support a richer conception of human experience of information systems than is traditionally used in computer science. In order to achieve this I draw inspiration from cultural studies of technology and design.