DEVELOPMENT

As a design research project, this project adopted a research-through-design approach to explore which fidgeting elements, when used as inputs in an interactive system, are more easily understood and distinguished through visual feedback.

The project revealed a critical limitation within my vision. When explicit visual feedback was used to help users notice their fidgeting behaviors, users’ attention often shifted away from the behavior itself toward the feedback. This detachment made reflection on bodily action and self-understanding more difficult. I realized that explicit feedback could not support my vision, which encouraged me to shift my design attitude toward fidgeting in later projects.

EAs

I developed my skills in measuring fidgeting behavior. The project integrated an accelerometer and gyroscope, complete parameter detection, threshold setting, and feedback logic programming to support the research questions.

Fidgeting behavior was decomposed into independent elements, enabling a simplified behavioral model that supported measurement and comparison.

The study focused on whether users could interpret the feedback and whether their behavior was influenced by it, but it did not extend to investigating how users interpret the meaning of their behavior or reflect on its meaning, which encouraged me to further explore.