Interactive Scenarios

The aim with interactive scenarios is to increase the participation of potential users in the early stages of concept design. This method includes three improvisational sessions, each with different participants and is video recorded. The first technique to use is the “piece of paper” improvising. Here the participants were asked to write sentences of speech on pieces of paper. These papers were placed on the stage to that they could be randomly picked. During a scene, the players could occasionally pick a piece of paper and read the sentence on it aloud as a line, which will then be incorporated in the play. In design situations, these papers could contain sentences describing certain ubiquitous technologies and see how the actors reacted to these. The second technique is to act out non-human roles. Each actor can be assigned a specific role related to an area. The items and areas are able to communicate with each other, as well as perform functions. This technique can also be a combination of human and non-human roles.