iFeel_IM! Emotion Enhancing Garment for Communication in Affect Sensitive Instant Messenger

Authors:
Dzmitry Tsetserukou;Alena Neviarouskaya;Helmut Prendinger;Naoki Kawakami;Mitsuru Ishizuka;Susumu Tachi
Affiliations:
Department of Information Physics and Computing, University of Tokyo, Japan;Department of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan;National Institute of Informatics, Japan;Department of Information Physics and Computing, University of Tokyo, Japan;Department of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan;Department of Information Physics and Computing, University of Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Interface 2009 on ConferenceUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Part I: Held as Part of HCI International 2009
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In the paper we are proposing a conceptually novel approach to reinforcing (intensifying) own feelings and reproducing (simulating) the emotions felt by the partner during online communication through specially designed system, iFeel_IM!. The core component, Affect Analysis Model, automatically sense nine emotions from text. The detected emotion is stimulated by innovative haptic devices (HaptiHeart, HaptiHug, HaptiTickler, HaptiCooler, and HaptiWarmer) integrated into iFeel_IM! The implemented system can considerably enhance emotionally immersive experience of real-time messaging.