The multimedia products are designed to be given as special presents. They have a small screen, a loudspeaker and a scent compartment. They are carriers of messages of special significance. Instead of calling someone up and leaving him/her a message, users can send audio messages. Emotion Containers offer a more sensory way of giving. They are attractive on two levels: as objects in their own right, and as carriers of messages of special significance. The future could be that you're watching an old movie 'Casablanca' and you remember your best friend with whom you went to see the movie many times. Instead of calling him up and leaving him a message, you send him 30 seconds of your favourite scene from the movie.
Source: Lambourne, R., Feiz, K., and Rigot, B. 1997. Social trends and product opportunities. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’97). ACM Press, 494–501.
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