Generative Method for Designing "Motions" of Artifacts bringing Curiosity and Interest

Aesthetic Design of Motion based on the Inquiry Cycle

Abstract

In engineering design, product motion plays a functional and aesthetic role and enhances the emotional connection with the user. This study introduces a motion generation system that manipulates prediction error and fluctuations in prediction error to arouse curiosity and interest, which are important drivers in the inquiry cycle. Experimentation confirms that that effective design includes moderate deviations and variations in prediction error. This approach, based on the free energy principle, a unified theory of the brain, allows designers to create motion that is both functional and aesthetic.