NetPot: easy meal enjoyment for distant diners

Authors:
Zoltan Foley-Fisher;Vincent Tsao;Johnty Wang;Sid Fels
Affiliations:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Venue:
ICEC'10 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Entertainment computing
Year:
2010

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Abstract

We capture key factors of a group meal with communication and interface technologies to make a meal more enjoyable for diners who cannot be collocated. We determined three factors of a popular group meal, Chinese hot-pot, that are essential for a group meal experience: interacting as a group with food, a central shared hotpot, and a feeling that others are nearby. We developed a prototype system to maintain these factors for an online meal with remote friends. Our technique is of interest to designers creating technology for isolated diners.