Open this publication in new window or tab >>2004 (English)In: IEEE Multimedia, ISSN 1070-986X, E-ISSN 1941-0166, Vol. 11, no 1Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]
Contact-expressive
devices could improve our lives -- from practical improvements that
let us interact with devices when other modalities are impossible,
inappropriate, or inadequate to devices that have important
consequences for physical well-being. We can also imagine using
contact expressions in devices that are pleasurable, playful,
artistic, or otherwise important to a human's experience. This
paper discusses the technical development of sensor-motor systems,
tactile interfaces, and technologies that can embody and understand
affect. Contact-expressive devices are technologies that understand
and use touch in meaningful ways-that can distinguish between a
press and a caress. Also discussed are the following issues:
technical requirements and the nature of contact expressions.
Although a fairly large body of research exists regarding nonverbal
communication, the majority of this work is on visual expression
(facial expressions, physical appearance, direction of gaze,
physical posture, and other visible forms of body language) and
paralinguistics (such as vocal inflection, pitch, volume, and
speech rate). Work needs to begin on studies of human contact with
the goal of leveraging those insights for the design of
contact-expressive devices-and work needs to begin on the
implementation of technologies that have rich contact-expressive
range and appeal.
Keywords
Intelligent Interfaces, Tactile Interfaces, Haptics, HCI
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-24483 (URN)6603 (Local ID)6603 (Archive number)6603 (OAI)
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