Hover: conveying remote presence

Authors:
Dan Maynes-Aminzade;Beng-Kiang Tan;Ken Goulding;Catherine Vaucelle
Affiliations:
One Cambridge Centre, Cambridge, MA;Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA;MIT, Cambridge, MA;MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
Venue:
ACM SIGGRAPH 2002 conference abstracts and applications
Year:
2002

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Abstract

This sketch presents Hover, a device that enhances remote telecommunication by providing a sense of the activity and presence of remote users. The motion of a remote persona is manifested as the playful movements of a ball floating in midair. Hover is both a communication medium and an aesthetic object.