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NatureHCI: Towards Designing Computer-Enriched Nature Experiences (Dagstuhl Seminar 25302)

Authors: Masahiko Inami, Michael Jones, Zhuying Li, Florian `Floyd' Mueller, and Maria F. Montoya

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 15, Issue 7 (2026)

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This report documents the proceedings and outcomes of a NatureHCI seminar, in which 21 researchers and academics from across the world gathered at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, to discuss the grand challenges that this field currently faces. We present the activities developed day by day, including PechaKucha self-introductions, collaborative workshops, hands-on design sessions, and group discussions. Finally, we present the pathways that attendees proposed to start addressing the seminar’s critical question: how interactive technologies can be designed responsibly to improve our experience of nature, thereby strengthening our connection with nature, which benefits health and wellbeing? Ultimately, with this report, we hope to inspire upcoming Dagstuhl Seminar proposals interested in advancing the field of HCI.

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Masahiko Inami, Michael Jones, Zhuying Li, Florian `Floyd' Mueller, and Maria F. Montoya. NatureHCI: Towards Designing Computer-Enriched Nature Experiences (Dagstuhl Seminar 25302). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 15, Issue 7, pp. 213-252, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@Article{inami_et_al:DagRep.15.7.213,
  author =	{Inami, Masahiko and Jones, Michael and Li, Zhuying and Mueller, Florian `Floyd' and Montoya, Maria F.},
  title =	{{NatureHCI: Towards Designing Computer-Enriched Nature Experiences (Dagstuhl Seminar 25302)}},
  pages =	{213--252},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{15},
  number =	{7},
  editor =	{Inami, Masahiko and Jones, Michael and Li, Zhuying and Mueller, Florian `Floyd' and Montoya, Maria F.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.15.7.213},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-257645},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.15.7.213},
  annote =	{Keywords: NatureHCI, Nature Interactions, Wilderness, Technology, Wellbeing, Sustainability, More-Than-Human, Human-Computer Interaction, non-humans, animals, nature}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.12.7.19

Eat-IT: Towards Understanding Interactive Technology and Food (Dagstuhl Seminar 22272)

Authors: Florian `Floyd' Mueller, Marianna Obrist, Soh Kim, Masahiko Inami, and Jialin Deng

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 12, Issue 7 (2023)

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Eating is a basic human need while technology is transforming the way we cook and eat food. For example, see the internet-connected Thermomix cooking appliance, desserts using virtual reality headsets, projection mapping on dinner plates and 3D-printed food in Michelin-star restaurants. Especially within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), there is a growing interest in understanding the design of technology to support the eating experience. There is a realization that technology can both be instrumentally beneficial (e.g. improving health through better food choices) as well as experientially beneficial (e.g. enriching eating experiences). Computational technology can make a significant contribution here, as it allows to, for example, present digital data through food (drawing from visualization techniques and fabrication advances such as 3D-food printing); facilitate technology-augmented behaviour change to promote healthier eating choices; employ big data across suppliers to help choose more sustainable produce (drawing on IoT kitchen appliances); use machine learning to predictively model eating behaviour; employ mixed-reality to facilitate novel eating experiences; and turn eating into a spectacle through robots that support cooking and serving actions. The aim of this Dagstuhl seminar called "Eat-IT" was to discuss these opportunities and challenges by bringing experts and stakeholders with different backgrounds from academia and industry together to formulate actionable strategies on how interactive food can benefit from computational technology yet not distract from the eating experience itself. With this seminar, we wanted to enable a healthy and inclusive debate on the interwoven future of food and computational technology.

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Florian `Floyd' Mueller, Marianna Obrist, Soh Kim, Masahiko Inami, and Jialin Deng. Eat-IT: Towards Understanding Interactive Technology and Food (Dagstuhl Seminar 22272). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 12, Issue 7, pp. 19-40, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@Article{mueller_et_al:DagRep.12.7.19,
  author =	{Mueller, Florian `Floyd' and Obrist, Marianna and Kim, Soh and Inami, Masahiko and Deng, Jialin},
  title =	{{Eat-IT: Towards Understanding Interactive Technology and Food (Dagstuhl Seminar 22272)}},
  pages =	{19--40},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{12},
  number =	{7},
  editor =	{Mueller, Florian `Floyd' and Obrist, Marianna and Kim, Soh and Inami, Masahiko and Deng, Jialin},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.12.7.19},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-176109},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.12.7.19},
  annote =	{Keywords: Human-Food Interaction, FoodHCI}
}

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