A warm touch of affect?
conference paper
One of the research areas within affective Computer Mediated Communication currently under investigation is that of mediated social touch. A social touch is a complex composition of different physical parameters that can be simulated by haptic technologies. In this article we argue why we think it makes sense to incorporate warmth - and in particular simulations of one's body heat - in mediated communication devices; that is, physical warmth affects perceptions of social warmth, and our skin temperature can be considered a display of our socio-emotional state. Moreover, we outline specific research domains for the current PhD project. © 2015 IEEE.
Topics
TNO Identifier
535453
ISBN
9781479999538
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Article nr.
7344656
Source title
2015 International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2015
Pages
766-771
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