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Advanced Technologies for User-Centered Design and User Experience: 2nd Edition

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 789

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Division of Future Convergence (HCI Science Major), Dongduk Women's University, Seoul 02748, Republic of Korea
Interests: HCI (human-computer interaction); UX (user experience); UCD (user-centered design); ergonomic design
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Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Interests: ergonomics; human factors; user-centered design; human interface design; affective engineering; Kansei engineering
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Dear Colleagues,

With recent technological advances, high-tech products that work with users through various methods such as tactile interfaces, gesture recognition, voice commands, and motion detection are increasing. They include innovative technologies ranging from smart devices to AI speakers, virtual reality systems, and augmented reality devices, but the increase in these products has raised concerns about user inconvenience due to the lack of consideration of user needs and behavior for design.

This journal covers all topics studied from user experience (UX) and user-centric design (UCD) perspectives in the context of new high-tech products, devices, and services and interactions between users. This Special Issue welcomes original, unpublished research contributions including, but not limited to, methodological studies and quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods studies focusing on issues around consumer interactions with new technologies or methodologies.

In detail, this Special Issue includes the following research topics:

  • New user-centered design methodologies;
  • Design and evaluation of high-tech products or smart products;
  • New methodologies for gathering user experience data;
  • New methodologies for evaluating user experience;
  • User experience design for high-tech products or smart products;
  • Review articles related to UCD/UX methodologies and their challenges.

Dr. Ilsun Rhiu
Prof. Dr. Myung Hwan Yun
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • user-centered design
  • user experience
  • usability
  • human–computer interaction
  • smart products/applications

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Artificial Empathy in Home Service Agents: A Conceptual Framework and Typology of Empathic Human–Agent Interactions
by Joohyun Lee and Hyo-Jin Kang
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(6), 3096; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15063096 - 12 Mar 2025
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As artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances, there has been a diversification of home service functions and services, as well as a change in the applied technologies and functions. This is due to the fact that the needs and expectations vary depending on the [...] Read more.
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances, there has been a diversification of home service functions and services, as well as a change in the applied technologies and functions. This is due to the fact that the needs and expectations vary depending on the purpose of performing the task in the same environment. Although interactions with AI often occur in the home environment, which is a personal space, there is a need for research that examines interactions in consideration of the concept of empathy. This study thus aims to identify previous studies that examine the interaction between users and technology and to systematize the elements of interaction that can be considered based on intelligent agents that are often used in the home environment. To this end, a framework was established to examine multifaceted elements through research that shows that the interaction between technology and users should be natural, with sophisticated psychological anthropomorphism. This study analyzed the literature for the establishment of an artificial empathy interaction system and presented an initial framework. Subsequently, we proceeded to the application of authentic industry cases to the framework, with the objective of ascertaining the feasibility of mapping groups exhibiting analogous trends. This process culminated in the categorization of these cases into three distinct types, alongside the identification of the empathy interaction elements that should be given consideration for each category. Moreover, we identified additional components necessary for the formulation of the final framework and elements that were deemed to be superfluous. Thereafter, we initiated the refinement process to elaborate the framework. The final framework is “Empathic HAX (human-agent interactions) Canvas”, which is designed to examine the necessity of empathic interaction between users and AI agents in the home service domain and to determine the optimal design for such interaction. The significance of this study lies in the creation of a framework that has not previously existed, and the presentation of a design tool that is highly likely to be used both academically and practically. Full article
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