Persona Technology Footprint - Poster for the Chartered Institute for Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF) Conference 2019

Supporting poster presentation created by Karl Hurn for the conference paper "Persona-Technology footprint: an evaluation of 144 student’s perceptions of a person using assistive technology" that was presented at the Chartered Institute for Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF) Conference 2019 (Stratford upon Avon).

This paper and poster examine the persona-technology footprint, a design heuristic that balances the visibility of assistive technology with an individual's personal presence. The goal is to minimize the prominence of technology while emphasizing the person's identity. A survey of 144 undergraduate design students analyzed perceptions of when assistive technology visually obscures a person. Using three types of line drawings, students indicated the point at which they no longer perceived ‘the person.’ Statistical analysis (ANOVA) showed that the eyes were the critical feature for maintaining personal identity. The findings suggest that eye visibility plays a key role in perception, warranting further research.