Supporting the distributed family

Evjemo, Bente; Svendsen, Gunnvald B.; Rinde, Eivind; Johnsen, Jan-Are Kolset

doi:10.1145/1028014.1028062

Cited by 33 publications

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“…Experiencing shared activities helps people exchange their thoughts and emotions naturally while having fun [29,93,110]. Our participants felt that shared activity in VR acts as a communication facilitator by generating more conversation topics and avoiding awkward silences, which could result in more natural and longer communication.…”

Section: Providing Rich Shared Activities To Foster Communicationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Bridging the Generational Gap: Exploring How Virtual Reality Supports Remote Communication Between Grandparents and Grandchildren

Wei,

Gu,

Kuang

et al. 2023

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When living apart, grandparents and grandchildren often use audio-visual communication approaches to stay connected. However, these approaches seldom provide sufficient companionship and intimacy due to a lack of co-presence and spatial interaction, which can be fulfilled by immersive virtual reality (VR). To understand how grandparents and grandchildren might leverage VR to facilitate their remote communication and better inform future design, we conducted a user-centered participatory design study with twelve pairs of grandparents and grandchildren. Results show that VR affords casual and equal communication by reducing the generational gap, and promotes conversation by offering shared activities as bridges for connection. Participants preferred resemblant appearances on avatars for conveying well-being but created ideal selves for gaining playfulness. Based on the results, we contribute eight design implications that inform future VR-based grandparent-grandchild communications.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI; Empirical studies in accessibility; • Social and professional topics → Seniors.

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Section: Providing Rich Shared Activities To Foster Communicationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Bridging the Generational Gap: Exploring How Virtual Reality Supports Remote Communication Between Grandparents and Grandchildren

Wei,

Gu,

Kuang

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…If a user touches the portrait, the other portrait's frame lights up, thus conveying an emotional message in tangible form. Evjemo et al [17] studied how to support communication in distributed families. They found that grandparents and grandchildren need a common context for conversation.…”

Section: Photos and Digital Photo Framesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dijk

Dadlani

et al. 2009

Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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A case study on the use of an existing photo sharing application in a spinal cord lesion rehabilitation centre is presented. The study focuses on enhancing social connectedness through sharing photos between rehabilitants and their families and friends. Four rehabilitants participated in this study for 6-7 weeks. Most photos sent related to sharing things in everyday life and keeping the rehabilitant informed about regular events. The combination of interviews and content analysis reveals that only a minority of the photos lead to follow-up communication about the contents of the photos. Rehabilitants were positively surprised how spontaneous photo sharing simplified the way they could reconnect to their friends and family, without the immediate need or obligation to engage in a (phone) conversation.

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