User Experience of Mobile Proximity-Based Applications for Playful Social Interaction

Mobile proximity-based connectivity technology like Wi-Fi Direct allows detecting nearby devices and establishing a direct data transfer between them. The opportunities provided by that are still underutilized. My doctoral research looks into proximity-based playful social interactions as a way to enhance interactivity between collocated people, both friends and strangers. I do qualitative user research on new research prototypes as well as on existing commercial systems like Nintendo's StreetPass.