Flex-N-Feel

Singhal, Samarth; Neustaedter, Carman; Ooi, Yee Loong; Antle, Alissa N.; Matkin, Brendan

doi:10.1145/2998181.2998247

Cited by 68 publications

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“…Direct thus means that the message is intended to be directly received (disregarding unintended delays, or lag, in the communication, as for example due to network issues). An example of a synchronous system is Flex-N-Feel (Singhal et al, 2017). Flex-N-Feel consists of a pair of gloves developed for couples in a long-distance relationship.…”

Section: Synchronicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Uncovering terra incognita in the AHD design space: A review of affective haptic devices

Askari

Haans

IJsselsteijn

2022

Front. Comput. Sci.

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Affective haptic devices (AHDs) have been developed with the aim of communicating touch acts, symbolic messages, emotions, and/or providing a sense of social awareness. Within AHDs, three categories can be distinguished: mediated social touch (MST), symbolic communication systems, and awareness systems. For each of these categories, prototypes have been developed and discussed in the literature. Each such prototype, however, describes but a small part of the design space of AHDs. What is lacking is a description of the design space itself—of all choices that can be considered during the design process. Such a description will allow for a more systematic exploration of AHD designs and provides a means of combining insights gained from individual point solutions (i.e., existing prototypes). Therefore, in this article, we provide a systematic description of the design space of AHDs and its underlying dimensions based on general (e.g., revisability or synchronicity) and AHD-specific (e.g., actuation type) communication system characteristics. This resulted in 17 design dimensions, each consisting of two or more categories (the design characteristics). Based on a systematic literature search from devices up to 2019, 89 AHD prototypes were identified, and each was classified on the design dimensions. The empirical analysis of where these AHDs are located in the design space revealed, first, that potentially interesting characteristics from mediated communication, such as revisability and reviewability, are underexplored in AHDs. Second, MST devices were found to often lack those system characteristics, such as real-time modalities, that seem crucial for providing the affordances needed to simulate social touch. In particular, when comparing symbolic and awareness devices to MST devices, we found the latter to more frequently lack some of the key characteristics of face-to-face communication (i.e., bi-directional and symmetric communication). Limitations and implications are discussed.

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Section: Synchronicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Uncovering terra incognita in the AHD design space: A review of affective haptic devices

Askari

Haans

IJsselsteijn

2022

Front. Comput. Sci.

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“…Another alternative is using wearable devices, for example tactile arm sleeves [53,54], gloves [42], or jackets [10]). These fabricbased wearable devices were compact but expressive, enabling users to exchange afective touch interactions while preserving the possibility of natural interactions with their environment [34,38].…”

Section: Designing Mediated Touch Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…TaSSt [24] and VisualTouch [53] used vibration motor arrays embedded on a tactile sleeve to generate tactile patterns on forearms. Similarly, Flex-N-Feel [42] embedded several vibration motors on a pair of gloves to support remote touch communication for couples. While vibration motors are easily available and relatively cheap, the touch sensation they can generate is quite limited and diferent from a real human touch [15].…”

Section: Designing Mediated Touch Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Touch without Touching: Overcoming Social Distancing in Semi-Intimate Relationships with SansTouch

Zhang

Alvina

Heron

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…We chose this approach because initial prototypes can elicit user feedback that is capable of guiding the development of more refined products [e.g. 17,41]. As such, it is not our aim to show that our designs are effective solutions for revealing effort; rather, they are intended as prompts that illuminate different aspects of the design problem [35] and which are sufficient to identify concepts that are important for people in close personal relationships [23,36].…”

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Designing for reflection on sender effort in close personal communication

Kelly

Gooch

Watts

2018

Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction

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Research has identified that people in close relationships value effort that is invested into the creation of digital messages. This paper explores the potential for communication systems to encourage reflection by revealing evidence of effort to message recipients, allowing for it to be appreciated. Focusing on text-based communication, we report findings from an exploratory study of three interface prototypes that probe users' reactions to the notion of revealing sender effort. We find that information about effort can foster empathy and appreciation by encouraging reflection over meaningful actions. However, designers of communication tools must address the issues of authenticity, controlled disclosure and cost in access if reflection on effort is to be valued. We consider how designers might negotiate these issues in future effortsensitive communication technologies. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in interaction design;

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Flex-N-Feel

Cited by 68 publications

References 28 publications

Uncovering terra incognita in the AHD design space: A review of affective haptic devices

Uncovering terra incognita in the AHD design space: A review of affective haptic devices

Touch without Touching: Overcoming Social Distancing in Semi-Intimate Relationships with SansTouch

Designing for reflection on sender effort in close personal communication

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