MattPod: A design proposal for a multi-sensory solo dining experience

Project abstract The consumption of a meal is not just a bodily requirement but can also carry significant symbolic meaning. Solo dining is often contrasted to a shared eating experience and portrayed as an inferior way of eating a meal due to lacking essential social and normative qualities. Human-computer interaction research increasingly explores different ways of enhancing the solo dining experience. However, a focus seems to be on recreating aspects essential to the shared eating experience, such as a dining companion being present, rather than trying to enhance aspects that solo diners enjoy and, therefore, contribute to a reverie in eating. Based on earlier research findings, we developed a design concept that includes sound and visual elements supporting the multi-sensory eating experience and encouraging the user to concentrate on the food rather than seeking distraction. The formative usability evaluation results indicate that the proposed design needs further refinement to evoke the anticipated effect. Dataset This dataset includes several visuals and descriptions of the different design concepts that were developed. The dataset also contains the different personas and scenarios that were used as part of the design process.

项目摘要：用餐行为不仅是生理需求，亦可承载重要的象征意义。独自就餐常与共享就餐体验形成鲜明对比，且因缺失核心社交与规范属性，常被视作次等的就餐方式。人机交互（Human-Computer Interaction）领域的研究正不断探索多种优化独自就餐体验的路径，但现有研究多聚焦于复刻共享就餐的核心要素，例如模拟就餐同伴在场的场景，而非致力于优化独自就餐者所享受的、能让他们沉浸于进食本身的体验维度。基于前期研究成果，我们开发了一套包含声音与视觉元素的设计概念，旨在支持多感官进食体验，引导使用者专注于食物而非寻求外界消遣。形成性可用性评估结果显示，该设计仍需进一步优化方能达成预期效果。数据集：本数据集涵盖了所开发的多款不同设计概念的视觉素材与相关说明文本，同时收录了设计流程中使用的各类人物角色（persona）与场景脚本。