Is my dog "playing" tablet games? Exploring human perceptions of dog-tablet interactions

Anna Zamansky; Dirk Van Der Linden; Sofya Baskin; Vitaliya Kononova

doi:10.1145/10.1145/3116595.3116634

Is my dog "playing" tablet games? Exploring human perceptions of dog-tablet interactions

Anna Zamansky, Dirk Van Der Linden, Sofya Baskin, Vitaliya Kononova

Department of Information Systems

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Abstract

Playful interaction of pets with tablets is a spreading phenomenon. Thousands of videos of people giving tablets to their pets to "play" can be found online, and training schools are offering classes teaching tablet skills for dogs. While the nature of pets "playing" with tablets is yet to be fully understood, some works highlight the potential dangers of such interactions. Humans - both pet owners and pet professionals, play a pivotal role in shaping the way pets interact with technology, both in terms of promoting pet-oriented technologies, as well as posing requirements for them. This paper presents an exploratory study of human perceptions and attitudes towards playful interactions of dogs with tablets. Our results reveal mixed feelings towards this phenomenon, and awareness of the potential dangers of such interactions. Moreover, roughly half of the participants do not consider such interactions as "play", leading to further questions concerning the motivations of pet owners for exposing their pets to technology and the future of mobile apps for pet play.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	477-484
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450348980
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/10.1145/3116595.3116634
State	Published - 15 Oct 2017
Event	4th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2017 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 15 Oct 2017 → 18 Oct 2017

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Name	CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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Conference	4th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2017
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	15/10/17 → 18/10/17

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© 2017 Association of Computing Machinery.

Keywords

ACI
Animal-computer interaction
Perceptions of play

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction

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Zamansky, A., Van Der Linden, D., Baskin, S., & Kononova, V. (2017). Is my dog "playing" tablet games? Exploring human perceptions of dog-tablet interactions. In CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 477-484). (CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/10.1145/3116595.3116634

Zamansky, Anna ; Van Der Linden, Dirk ; Baskin, Sofya et al. / Is my dog "playing" tablet games? Exploring human perceptions of dog-tablet interactions. CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. pp. 477-484 (CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play).

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Zamansky, A, Van Der Linden, D, Baskin, S & Kononova, V 2017, Is my dog "playing" tablet games? Exploring human perceptions of dog-tablet interactions. in CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 477-484, 4th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2017, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15/10/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/10.1145/3116595.3116634

Is my dog "playing" tablet games? Exploring human perceptions of dog-tablet interactions. / Zamansky, Anna; Van Der Linden, Dirk; Baskin, Sofya et al.
CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. p. 477-484 (CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play).

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Zamansky A, Van Der Linden D, Baskin S, Kononova V. Is my dog "playing" tablet games? Exploring human perceptions of dog-tablet interactions. In CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2017. p. 477-484. (CHI PLAY 2017 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play). doi: 10.1145/10.1145/3116595.3116634

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