BEAR WITH METangible Interactive Computing CMSC 838F
Final Project
Zahra Ashktorab (Masters Student Human Computer Interaction)
Allan Fong (PhD Student Computer Science)
December 15, 2012
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Social Networks (Facebook, Twitter..) Telephone Video Call Text messing Email Instant Messaging Online Forums Online Blogs
HOW DO PEOPLE USE TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE?
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FACE-TO-FACE AND PHYSICAL INTERACTION
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Face-to-face interaction and gestural talk are essential to constructing and maintaining the values and norms of the collective society
“Replacing Human Relationships with a Virtual Life”, The Yale Herald
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Long-distance relationships require technology use
Not enough time to meet Busy schedules
WHY DON’T WE ALWAYS INTERACT THIS WAY?
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Enhance interpersonal communication with a tangible medium of exchanging emotions
Create something portable tangible form of communication and real-time sharing of activities
Extend a the teddy bear methaphor Stuffed animals are often given
as a symbol of an emotional or personal connection
MOTIVATION AND GOALS
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RELATED WORKS LumiTouch: An Emotional Communication
Device Chang et. al, CHI ’01,
http://people.cs.vt.edu/~wangr06/touch%20review%20origanization/ChaRKWetal01.pdf
HugBot MIT 2006,
http://web.media.mit.edu/~jeevan/furryhugger/
Like-A-Hug MIT 2011, http://www.melissakitchow.com/Like-A-Hug
YourGloves, HotHands and HotMitts: Devices to Hold Hands at a Distance
Gooch and Watts, UIST ’12, http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2380138
sleepyWhispers: Sharing Goodnights Within Distant Relationships
Gooch and Watts, UIST ’12, http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2380322
Pressages: Augmenting Phone Calls With Non-Verbal Messages
Hoggan et al. UIST ’12, http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2380185
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OUR MEDIUM
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BEARS AND TWITTER
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Tweetconfirmation
PatconfirmationTHE BEAR SYSTEM
HUG AND PAT INTERACTIONS
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Bears connect to Wifi after they get turned on
Person A hugs Blue Bear Blue Bear tweets hug
and tweet confirmation light blinks
Gold Bear reads Blue Bear’s hug tweet and heart glows
Person B can Hug or Pat a response
Person B hugs Gold Bear
Gold Bear heart turns off tweets hug and tweet confirmation light blinks
Blue Bear reads Gold Bear’s hug tweet and heart glows
Gold Bear heart turns off and tweets pat and tweet confirmation light blinks
Person B pats Gold BearBlue Bear reads Gold Bear’s
pat tweet and pat light glows
*All interactions can be reciprocated between bears.
HUG
PAT
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Person A moves Blue Bear
Blue Bear tweets motion and tweet confirmation light blinks
Gold Bear reads Blue Bear’s motion tweet and feet glows
Blue Bear is still Blue Bear tweets rest and tweet confirmation light blinks
Gold Bear reads Blue Bear’s rest tweet and feet stop glowing
*All interactions can be reciprocated between bears.
MOVEMENT INTERACTIONS
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BEAR VISUALIZATION
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CHALLENGES
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SOFTWARE CHALLENGES
Maintaining Wifi connection Limited memory space
Removed Queue library (used to store movement times)
Time lapse between the time the hug is sent and the time that the hug received
Twitter API rate limit Setting appropriate thresholds for all
interactions (movement and hugs) Strings of text not all being sent or being
jumbled ex: “you you you have been h” instead of “you
have been hugged
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HARDWARE CHALLENGES Hug sensor
Omni-directional and overheating
Walk/running detection Queue library
Packaging Conductive thread vs wires
Issues with shorts, overheating, and flexibility
Actual walkingActual running
FAIL FAI
LResistance too low
Not enough sensitivity
OKAY
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FUTURE WORKS
Detection of strength/duration of hug Walking and running detection Gamification Making the bears smaller
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VIDEO
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THANK YOU!
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BACKUP
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How can we leverage existing technologies to simulate physical interactions?
INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION Stuffed animals are often given as a symbol
of emotion or a personal connection. These bears are static, often times you wonder if
there is only someway I can communicate with the bear to show I am thinking of them
Enhance interpersonal communication Communicating emotions in tangible form Enhance communication between loved
ones and to develop a personal emotional language
Create a portable tangible form of interpersonal communication
Build on the bear methaphor Real-time sharing of activity
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