Usability of different types of commercial selfie sticks

Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Sunjun Kim, Geehyuk Lee

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Abstract

This paper reviews and categorizes the most common types of selfie sticks available in the market and discusses their design and usability. Through a theoretical analysis, it demonstrates how most commercial selfie sticks ignore important human factors, including ergonomics. It, then, presents results of an online survey, where selfie stick users (N=105), predominantly from the Republic of Korea, rated the usability of their selfie sticks. Results of the survey provided an insight into users' selfie stick usage behavior and suggested that most commercial selfie sticks are unergonomic, causing the users short-term fatigues that could "in theory" turn into chronic over the time with extensive use. Finally, based on the survey results, the paper makes recommendations for future design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)9781450350754
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Sep 2017
Event19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 4 Sep 20177 Sep 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2017
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period4/09/177/09/17

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Association for Computing Machinery.

Keywords

  • Camera
  • Design
  • Ergonomics
  • Evaluation
  • Mobile device
  • Self-photography
  • Selfie stick
  • Smartphone
  • Usability

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