Personal area networks: near-field intrabody communication
IBM Systems Journal
Tangible interfaces for remote collaboration and communication
CSCW '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
DiamondTouch: a multi-user touch technology
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds
Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds
Cooperative gestures: multi-user gestural interactions for co-located groupware
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Helping hands: designing video games with interpersonal touch interaction
ICEC'10 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Entertainment computing
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Acts of interpersonal touch --- a touch shared between two people --- are used by couples to communicate in a simple and emotionally intimate way. In this paper, we argue that the intimacy afforded by acts of interpersonal touch can be used in computer entertainment to support enjoyable and engaging activities for couples. To support this notion, we have developed Matchmaker ; a two-player, cooperative tabletop video game based on themes of love and romance. Matchmaker 's gameplay is directly controlled by a set of collaborative tabletop interaction techniques, as well as by acts of interpersonal touch between its players. In this paper we present a detailed description of Matchmaker 's design and the results of an exploratory user suggesting that Matchmaker is enjoyable to play and that its use of interpersonal touch contributes to players' enjoyment.