Automatic Generation of Object Shapes With Desired Affordances Using Voxelgrid Representation
3D objects (artifacts) are made to fulfill functions. Designing an object often starts with defining a list of functionalities or affordances (action possibilities) that it should provide, known as functional requirements.
Mihai Andries +4 more
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The existence of handle affordances has been classically demonstrated using the Stimulus-Response Compatibility paradigm, with shorter response times when the orientation of the object handle and the response hand are compatible in comparison to ...
Lilas Haddad +2 more
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A developing realist model of the pedagogical affordances of ICTs
This article sets out the eWits model of the pedagogical affordances of ICTs. These are inherent properties of computer technology that constitute possibilities for teachers to act to enable learning in classroom contexts. The model is informed by Gibson’
Ian Moll +5 more
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Anthropomorphic user interface feedback in a sewing context and affordances [PDF]
The aim of the authors' research is to gain better insights into the effectiveness and user satisfaction of anthropomorphism at the user interface.
Murano, P, Sethi, T
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On possibilities for action: The past, present and future of affordance research [PDF]
We give a historical overview of the development of almost 50 years of empirical research on the affordances in the past and in the present. Defined by James Jerome Gibson in the early development of the Ecological Approach to Perception and Action as ...
Gert-Jan Pepping +3 more
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Social Media, Privacy, and Self-Disclosure: The Turbulence Caused by Social Media’s Affordances
The struggle we currently perceive in terms of social media privacy may be the result of the incompatible natures of “warm” and “cold” affordances. Whereas social media’s warm affordances reflect long-standing privacy routines and expectations, cold ...
Sabine Trepte
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The Relationship Between Motor Development Affordances in the Home Environment and Executive Functions of 8 to 10-Year-Old Rural Children (With the Approach of the Effect of the Living Environmental Context) [PDF]
Introduction: Research evidence indicates that the environment is an important factor in improving children's development. However, little research has been done in the rural children population regarding the effect of motor affordances on cognitive ...
Zahra Fathirezaie +2 more
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How affordable is HUD affordable housing?
AbstractThis article assesses the affordability of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rental assistance properties from the perspective of transportation costs. HUD housing is, by definition, affordable from the standpoint of housing costs due to limits on the amounts renters are required to pay.
Shima Hamidi, Reid Ewing, John Renne
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The Affordances of Broken Affordances [PDF]
We consider the use of physical and virtual objects having one or more affordances associated to simple interactions with them. Based on Kaptelinin and Nardi’s notion of instrumental affordance, we investigate what it means to break an affordance, and the two ensuing questions we deem most important: how users may (i) achieve their goals in the ...
Grünbaum, Martin Gielsgaard +1 more
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Canonical affordances in context [PDF]
James Gibson’s concept of affordances was an attempt to undermine the traditional dualism of the objective and subjective. Gibson himself insisted on the continuity of “affordances in general” and those attached to human artifacts.
Alan Costall
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