Mediating intimacy in long-distance relationships using kiss messaging

Saadatian, Elham; Samani, Hooman; Parsani, Rahul; Pandey, Anshul Vikram; Li, Jinhui; Tejada, Lenis; Cheok, Adrian David; Nakatsu, Ryohei

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2014.05.004

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“…Also, a wide range of systems have been developed for the mediated representation of specific touch events between dyads such as kisses (Saadatian et al 2014), hugs (Mueller et al 2005;Cha et al 2008;Teh et al 2008;Gooch and Watts 2010;Tsetserukou 2010), pokes (Park et al 2011), handholding (Gooch and Watts 2012;Toet et al 2013), handshakes ), strokes on the hand (Eichhorn et al 2008), arm (Huisman et al 2013) and cheek , pinches, tickles (Furukawa et al 2012), pats (Bonanni et al 2006), squeezes (Rantala et al 2013), thermal signals (Gooch and Watts 2010;Suhonen et al 2012a,b), massages (Chung et al 2009), and intimate sexual touches (Solon 2015).…”

Section: Remote Communication Between Partnersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

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Toet²

2015

Front. Digit. Humanit.

143

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Touch is our primary non-verbal communication channel for conveying intimate emotions and as such essential for our physical and emotional wellbeing. In our digital age, human social interaction is often mediated. However, even though there is increasing evidence that mediated touch affords affective communication, current communication systems (such as videoconferencing) still do not support communication through the sense of touch. As a result, mediated communication does not provide the intense affective experience of co-located communication. The need for ICT mediated or generated touch as an intuitive way of social communication is even further emphasized by the growing interest in the use of touch-enabled agents and robots for healthcare, teaching, and telepresence applications. Here, we review the important role of social touch in our daily life and the available evidence that affective touch can be mediated reliably between humans and between humans and digital agents. We base our observations on evidence from psychology, computer science, sociology, and neuroscience with focus on the first two. Our review shows that mediated affective touch can modulate physiological responses, increase trust and affection, help to establish bonds between humans and avatars or robots, and initiate pro-social behavior. We argue that ICT mediated or generated social touch can (a) intensify the perceived social presence of remote communication partners and (b) enable computer systems to more effectively convey affective information. However, this research field on the crossroads of ICT and psychology is still embryonic and we identify several topics that can help to mature the field in the following areas: establishing an overarching theoretical framework, employing better research methodologies, developing basic social touch building blocks, and solving specific ICT challenges.

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Section: Remote Communication Between Partnersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

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Toet²

2015

Front. Digit. Humanit.

143

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“…Although the system architecture and the engineering of the system could be applied to other touch based nonverbal behaviors as well [Samani et al 2012;Samani et al 2013;Saadatian et al 2014]. …”

Section: Anthropologically-inspired-robotic Design Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Inspired by the physical mechanism of the kisses and hugs physical intimacy is emulated by simplification and emulation of these behaviors through robotic interfaces (Figure2). Creative design and evaluation procedure of these technologies are detailed in [Samani et al 2012;Samani et al 2013;Saadatian et al 2014]. …”

Section: Physical Intimacy Through Hug and Kiss Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anthropologically inspired creative design for intimate telepresence

Saadatian¹,

Samani²,

Nakatsu³

2014

SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 Designing Tools for Crafting Interactive Artifacts

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This study describes anthropologically inspired methodology in creative design for intimate telepresence. Anthropology is the study of humanity and among the experiences of human this study has focused on intimate interactions. Inspired by the concept of intimacy in human, and applying tinkering and iterative multilevel modeling, creative ideas for intimate telepresence are generated. Implications of anthropologically inspired methodology in creative design of intimate telepresence robots are described briefly. This study can act as a design guideline to emulate the experiences of humanity by synthetic agents through creative design.

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“…[369] Affection Hug Torso Force T Huggy pajama [489] Affection Hug Chest, abdomen, Force T back HaptiHug [497] Affection Hug Torso Force T, V, A Thermal hug [196] Affection Hug Lower back, side Temp. T Squeeze device [523] Affection Squeeze Upper arm Force T, A Stroking device [141] Affection Stroke Hand Force T Kissenger [436] Affection Kiss Lips Force T, V, A Affective tele-touch [75] Affection Contact, press, Lower arm Force, vib., T tickle temp. T Tele-handshake system [231] Greeting Handshake Hand Force T Tele-handshake [9] Greeting Handshake Hand Force T, V Remote Handshake [372] Greeting Handshake Hand Force, temp.…”

Section: Devices For Mediated Social Touchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Extending the reach of social touch through haptic technology

Huisman¹

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Mediating intimacy in long-distance relationships using kiss messaging

Cited by 65 publications

References 55 publications

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

Anthropologically inspired creative design for intimate telepresence

Extending the reach of social touch through haptic technology

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