The device is a matching pair of wearable devices akin to wrist watches that allow instant, one-to-one communicative exchanges between wearers. Exchanges could occur through, short, whispered conversation or, even more discreetly, through sending and receiving the warmth of haptic touch.
Source: Howard, S., Vetere, F., Gibbs, M., et al. 2004. Mediating intimacy: Digital kisses and cut and paste hugs. In Proceedings of the 18th British HCI Group Annual Conference on HCI (BCS-HCI’04). 45–48.
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Emotional expression, physical contact, joint activities, gift giving, etc. - there are many different ways how humans create feelings of relatedness with intimate partners - also in remote, indirect or asychronous situations. Technology and artifacts shape these experiences. Consequently, there is a huge field of research waiting to be explored.
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- ambient ( 9 )
- bio-signal ( 2 )
- couple relatedness ( 133 )
- emotion detector ( 2 )
- emotional expression ( 19 )
- family relatedness ( 70 )
- food & drink ( 9 )
- friend relatedness ( 59 )
- haptic perception ( 49 )
- information richness ( 29 )
- intimate contact ( 31 )
- joint activity ( 73 )
- media space ( 7 )
- memory ( 26 )
- message interface ( 62 )
- music ( 6 )
- olfactory ( 6 )
- phone call interface ( 20 )
- planning routine ( 7 )
- presence status ( 20 )
- presenting gift ( 16 )
- reflection ( 1 )
- relatedness in public spaces ( 20 )
- remote presence ( 23 )
- sexuality ( 2 )
- sharing activities ( 32 )
- sharing context ( 30 )
- sharing information ( 26 )
- sound ( 5 )
- sport ( 2 )
- stimulation ( 47 )
- task & game ( 29 )
- TV ( 3 )
- visulization ( 4 )
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