AltarNation: interface design for meditative communities

Authors:
Michelle Hlubinka;Jennifer Beaudin;Emmanuel Munguia Tapia;John S. An
Affiliations:
Lifelong Kindergarten, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA;Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Venue:
CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2002

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Abstract

AltarNation allows physically isolated individuals to participate in communities of meditation and tailor thier own meditative practices. By lighting candles, users enter a shared virtual community of users represented by a field of stars, each associated with a sound sample of a prayer, song, joy, or concern of another user. Existing practices of individual meditation and candlelight vigils inform this work. This paper describes implementation and design approaches of the AltarNation system.