Supporting Distant Familial Relationships with the Internet of Things

Bhagyashree Patil; Ryan Kelly; Danae Stanton Fraser; Jeffrey Gavin; Clare Reddington

doi:10.1145/2968219.2968343

Supporting Distant Familial Relationships with the Internet of Things

Bhagyashree Patil, Ryan Kelly, Danae Stanton Fraser, Jeffrey Gavin, Clare Reddington

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss the opportunities of ‘off the shelf’ Internet of things technologies to be used to support closeness in interpersonal relationships. We give our motivation to study IoT on technologies to support distant interpersonal relationships. We present two designs, ‘SmartLamps’ and ‘Connected Rings’, which use IoT technology to foster experiences of relatedness between distant families. We present some of the challenges faced while evaluating these devices using ‘in the wild’ research.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2968219.2968343
Publication status	Published - 12 Sept 2016
Event	Ubicomp/ISWC'16 Adjunct - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: 12 Sept 2016 → 16 Sept 2016

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Conference	Ubicomp/ISWC'16 Adjunct
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Heidelberg
Period	12/09/16 → 16/09/16

Keywords

Internet of Things
human computer interaction
relationships
Closeness
Awareness
in the wild study

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
General Psychology
General Social Sciences
General Arts and Humanities

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