SleepyWhispers: Sharing goodnights within distant relationships

D. Gooch; L. Watts

doi:10.1145/2380296.2380322

SleepyWhispers: Sharing goodnights within distant relationships

D. Gooch, L. Watts

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

There is a growing body of work in HCI on the design of communication technologies to help support lovers in long distance relationships. We build upon this work by presenting an exploratory study of a prototype device intended to allow distant lovers to share goodnight messages. Our work distinguishes itself by basing distance communication metaphors on elements of familiar, simple co-located behaviours. We argue that voice remains an under-utilised media when designing interactive technologies for long-distant couples. Through exploring the results of a 2-month case study we present some of the unique challenges that using voice entails.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Adjunct Proceedings of the 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST'12
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	61-62
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2380296.2380322
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Proceedings of the UIST2012: 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology - Cambridge, MA, USA United States Duration: 7 Oct 2012 → 10 Oct 2012

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Conference	Proceedings of the UIST2012: 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Country/Territory	USA United States
City	Cambridge, MA
Period	7/10/12 → 10/10/12

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Gooch, D & Watts, L 2012, SleepyWhispers: Sharing goodnights within distant relationships. in Adjunct Proceedings of the 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST'12. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 61-62, Proceedings of the UIST2012: 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA United States, 7/10/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2380296.2380322

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