Title :
Hugvie: A medium that fosters love
Author :
Kuwamura, Kaiko ; Sakai, Kenji ; Minato, Tsuneaki ; Nishio, Shojiro ; Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Japan
Abstract :
We introduce a communication medium that encourages users to fall in love with their counterparts. Hugvie, the huggable tele-presence medium, enables users to feel like hugging their counterparts while chatting. In this paper, we report that when a participant talks to his communication partner during their first encounter while hugging Hugvie, he mistakenly feels as if they are establishing a good relationship and that he is being loved rather than just being liked.
Keywords :
haptic interfaces; interactive devices; Hugvie; chatting; communication partner; fall in love; huggable telepresence medium; Atmospheric measurements; Bluetooth; Bridges; Headphones; Heart beat; Motion pictures; Particle measurements;
Conference_Titel :
RO-MAN, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Gyeongju
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628533
