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CHI '01 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ComTouch: design of a vibrotactile communication device
DIS '02 Proceedings of the 4th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
HIM: a framework for haptic instant messaging
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
inTouch: a medium for haptic interpersonal communication
CHI EA '97 CHI '97 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The virtual midas touch: helping behavior after a mediated social touch
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Virtual interpersonal touch: expressing and recognizing emotions through haptic devices
Human-Computer Interaction
Touch & talk: contextualizing remote touch for affective interaction
Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction
Design and evaluation of a wearable remote social touch device
International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces and the Workshop on Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction
A touch of affect: mediated social touch and affect
Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction
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Peripheral information displays using vibro-tactile stimuli
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Touch gestures in communicating emotional intention via vibrotactile stimulation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Peripheral vibro-tactile displays
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Development and evaluation of an emotional chat system using sense of touch
International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems
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This paper investigates whether and how digitally mediated social touch (remote touch) may influence the sense of connectedness toward a speaker and the emotional experience of what is being communicated. We employ an 'augmented' storytelling methodology where we manipulate the modality of an 'emotive' channel that accompanies the speech, and the contextual expectation of the listener. Comparing a remote upper-arm touch against a similarly timed flashing light, we explore the importance of the touch modality in affect conveyance. Our second manipulation involves two cover stories where the listener is told that the touch or flashing light is triggered either by the storyteller expressively squeezing a touch input device while speaking, or by measured 'high points' in the mental state of the storyteller. Our results show that the story accompanied by communicative touch resulted in a significant increase in the sense of connectedness with the storyteller over the speech-only condition, and a trend toward greater affective conveyance.