Self Touch to Touch Others: Designing the Tactile Sleeve for Social Touch
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| Publication date | 2013 |
| Book title | TEI 13: Seventh International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction: February 10-13, 2013, Barcelona, Spain. Works in progress |
| Event | TEI'13: 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction |
| Publisher | Barcelona: Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
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| Abstract |
In this paper we present the concept and initial design stages of the TaSST (Tactile Sleeve for Social Touch). The TaSST consists of a soft pressure-sensitive input layer, and an output layer containing vibration motors. A touch to ones own sleeve is felt as a vibration on the sleeve of another person. The idea behind the TaSST is to enable two people to communicate different types of touch at a distance. We will outline the design process of the TaSST, describe some initial results from a user study, and discuss possible applications of the TaSST. |
| Document type | Conference contribution |
| Language | English |
| Published at | http://www.tei-conf.org/13/sites/default/files/page-files/Huisman.pdf |
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