Integration of interpersonal space and shared workspace: ClearBoard design and experiments
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Eye gaze patterns in conversations: there is more to conversational agents than meets the eyes
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the second Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
Are you looking at me? Eye contact and desktop video conferencing
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
An examination of the effects of a wearable display on informal face-to-face communication
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
United-pulse: feeling your partner's pulse
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Expectations for user experience in haptic communication with mobile devices
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
The effects of screen-size and communication modality on psychology of mobile device users
CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Technology-mediated communication including mobile phone and video conferencing on PC enable increasing bandwidth for everyday interactions between remote people. The effectiveness and social presence with traditional video conferences have been studied rather extensively. Our research arose from the motivation of exploring how intimacy and emotional engagement between people can be supported by alternative types of image-based communication tools. We constructed a video conferencing system with near-eye displays, where the users could only see one of each others' eyes. The goal was to explore how such unusual eye-based display of the other person would make people feel during conversations. We conducted an explorative user study in a laboratory context with five pairs of users to understand their experiences with this system. The results show that this kind of mediated communication between remote partners can cause a variety of experiences, such as "interesting", "surprising", "tranquil" or "pleasantly strange". Overall, the full-screen display of the eye clears off distractions from the discussion and thus can help make the discussion more intimate and focused on the moment. We envision that a novel system like this could become a communication tool for everyday life, including mobile situations where it's possible for two people to stop for a while to focus on one another.