Feellight: a communication device for distant nonverbal exchange

  • Authors:
  • Kenji Suzuki;Shuji Hashimoto

  • Affiliations:
  • Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan;Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGMM workshop on Effective telepresence
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This paper describes a methodology of a bidirectional I/O device design and introduces a unique nterface FeelLight, which enables a simple and seamless communication among people in istant places. The authors focused on the following key issues of the development of interface for elepresence systems: (i) simplicity: simple tool and communication method (ii) affordability: affordance nd embodiment of the interface, (iii) synchronicity: intuitiveness and connectedness, and (iv) creativity: mergence of communication.