Palco is a tangible avatar object that represents remote partners' personal states. Users share their states via internet through their smartphones. Three personal data are presented on Palco: Emotional state through Palco's facial expression, activity state through Palco's body image and location through the image projected in front of Palco. The visual information are displayed on Palco's physical object by a small beamer. Users can therefore build and customize their own Palco with simple material like papers.
Reference: Endo, S. & Fujinami, K. 2018. Realizing Loose Communication with Tangible Avatar to Facilitate Recipient’s Imagination. Information 2018, 9(32).
