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Chamunorwa, Michael; M\u00fcller, Heiko; Boll, Susanne<\/p>

Discovering the Potential of Living Room Objects as Alternative Smart Home Controllers: An Exploration of Secondary Affordances<\/a> Journal Article<\/span> <\/p>

In: <\/span>Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., <\/span>vol. 9, <\/span>no. 8, <\/span>pp. 70\u201395, <\/span>2025<\/span>, ISSN: 2573-0142<\/span>.<\/p>

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@article{Chamunorwa2025,
\r\ntitle = {Discovering the Potential of Living Room Objects as Alternative Smart Home Controllers: An Exploration of Secondary Affordances},
\r\nauthor = {Michael Chamunorwa and Heiko M\u00fcller and Susanne Boll},
\r\ndoi = {10.1145\/3773061},
\r\nissn = {2573-0142},
\r\nyear  = {2025},
\r\ndate = {2025-11-13},
\r\njournal = {Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.},
\r\nvolume = {9},
\r\nnumber = {8},
\r\npages = {70--95},
\r\npublisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
\r\nabstract = {Smart home appliances are becoming more popular, yet their user interfaces (UI) often lack integration into living spaces and daily practices. To facilitate more natural interactions, reduce clutter and promote better integration in our living spaces, we propose embedding controls into everyday objects.  
\nThis paper outlines our approach in three steps: identifying suitable household objects through ethnographic research, gathering interaction ideas via user gesture elicitation, and evaluating the intuitiveness of conceptual interfaces through a Wizard-of-Oz study.  
\nOur findings suggest that an object's primary function has less influence on its potential as a smart home controller. Instead, its location, physical characteristics, and intuitive affordances play a more significant role in shaping its potential. Designers should, therefore, focus on making these affordances easily discoverable by concurrently considering the object's physical properties, function, and interaction context.<\/jats:p>},
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Smart home appliances are becoming more popular, yet their user interfaces (UI) often lack integration into living spaces and daily practices. To facilitate more natural interactions, reduce clutter and promote better integration in our living spaces, we propose embedding controls into everyday objects.  
\nThis paper outlines our approach in three steps: identifying suitable household objects through ethnographic research, gathering interaction ideas via user gesture elicitation, and evaluating the intuitiveness of conceptual interfaces through a Wizard-of-Oz study.  
\nOur findings suggest that an object’s primary function has less influence on its potential as a smart home controller. Instead, its location, physical characteristics, and intuitive affordances play a more significant role in shaping its potential. Designers should, therefore, focus on making these affordances easily discoverable by concurrently considering the object’s physical properties, function, and interaction context.<\/jats:p><\/div>
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