Welfare through competence: a framework for animal-centric technology design

S Webber, ML Cobb, J Coe - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Digital technologies offer new ways to ensure that animals can lead a good life in managed
settings. As interactive enrichment and smart environments appear in zoos, farms, shelters …

Expanding aesthetics

F French - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This paper seeks to expand traditional aesthetic dimensions of design beyond the limits of
human capability in order to encompass other species' sensory modalities. To accomplish …

Hum-ble beginnings: Develo** touch-and proximity-input-based interfaces for zoo-housed giraffes' audio enrichment

A Grant, V Kankaanpää, I Hirskyj-Douglas - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Though computer systems have entered widespread use for animals' enrichment in zoos, no
interactive computer systems suited to giraffes have yet been developed. Hence, which input …

Do chimpanzees enjoy a virtual forest? A pilot investigation of the use of interactive art as a form of environmental enrichment for zoo‐housed chimpanzees

Y Yamanashi, K Hitoosa, N Yoshida… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental enrichment is essential for the well‐being of zoo animals. Recent advances
in sensor and video technologies may contribute to improvements in enrichment in terms of …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic iterative design of interactive devices for animals: Guidance and reflections

I Hirskyj-Douglas - Interaction Studies, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
The numerous systems designed to facilitate animals' use of computers often are specific to
the animals involved, their unique context, and the applications–enrichment among them …

Prototy** with monkeys: Uncovering what buttons for monkeys look like

V Kankaanpää, I Hirskyj-Douglas - Proceedings of the Seventeenth …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Although much work has focused on designing touch interfaces for primates, little is known
about how physical computer buttons for monkeys would look. Here, we employ the rapid …

Politicising Animal-Computer Interaction: An Approach to Political Engagement with Animal-Centred Design

C Mancini, O Hirsch-Matsioulas… - Proceedings of the Ninth …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
While ACI researchers aspire to design animal-centred technology, they must operate within
socio-economic systems that are not necessarily animal-centred. This creates a tension …

Exploring how white-faced sakis control digital visual enrichment systems

I Hirskyj-Douglas, V Kankaanpää - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many zoo-housed primates use visual computer systems for enrichment
but little is known about how monkeys would choose to control these devices. Here we …

Augmented Reality at Zoo Exhibits: A Design Framework for Enhancing the Zoo Experience

BV Syiem, S Webber, RM Kelly, Q Zhou… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Augmented Reality (AR) offers unique opportunities for contributing to zoos' objectives of
public engagement and education about animal and conservation issues. However, the …

LemurLounge: Lemurs' Individual-Level, Group, and Cross-Species Use of an Interactive Audio Device in Zoos

V Kankaanpää, FE Clark… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Computer technology for animals is typically oriented toward isolated individuals, seldom
attending to such group-living factors as accommodating differences between individuals …