Design of a wearable research tool for warm mediated social touches

Isabel Pfab; Christian Jacob Arendt Maria Willemse

doi:10.1109/ACII.2015.7344694

Design of a wearable research tool for warm mediated social touches

Isabel Pfab, Christian Jacob Arendt Maria Willemse

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Abstract

Social touches are essential in interpersonal communication, for instance to show affect. Despite this importance, mediated interpersonal communication oftentimes lacks the possibility to touch. A human touch is a complex composition of several physical qualities and parameters, but different haptic technologies allow us to isolate such parameters and to investigate their opportunities and limitations for affective communication devices. In our research, we focus on the role that temperature may play in affective mediated communication. In the current paper, we describe the design of a wearable 'research tool' that will facilitate systematic research on the possibilities of temperature in affective communication. We present use cases, and define a list of requirements accordingly. Based on a requirement fulfillment analysis, we conclude that our research tool can be of value for research on new forms of affective mediated communication.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2015)
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	976-981
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-9953-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACII.2015.7344694
Publication status	Published - Sept 2015
Event	6th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2015 - Xi'an, China Duration: 21 Sept 2015 → 24 Sept 2015 Conference number: 6

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Name
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2015
Abbreviated title	ACII
Country/Territory	China
City	Xi'an
Period	21/09/15 → 24/09/15

Keywords

EWI-26632
Wearable Design
Research Tool
IR-98964
Mediated Social Touch
Affective Communication
METIS-315126
Temperature

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Pfab, I & Willemse, CJAM 2015, Design of a wearable research tool for warm mediated social touches. in Proceedings of the International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2015). IEEE, USA, pp. 976-981, 6th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2015, Xi'an, China, 21/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACII.2015.7344694

Design of a wearable research tool for warm mediated social touches. / Pfab, Isabel; Willemse, Christian Jacob Arendt Maria.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2015). USA: IEEE, 2015. p. 976-981.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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